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Can I borrow your bandsaw? (UK)
I have just received a prototype PCB that I need to cut accurately to
size (double Eurocard). This is well beyond my poor hack sawing skills so I am hoping there is someone not to far from me (Holt, UK) who has a band saw or something similar that I can use. Help? Cheers Ian |
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Can I borrow your bandsaw? (UK)
Ian can you give me a post code - I am hp20
I have a PCB guillotine Mike "Ian Bell" wrote in message ... I have just received a prototype PCB that I need to cut accurately to size (double Eurocard). This is well beyond my poor hack sawing skills so I am hoping there is someone not to far from me (Holt, UK) who has a band saw or something similar that I can use. Help? Cheers Ian |
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Can I borrow your bandsaw? (UK)
In article , Ian Bell wrote:
I have just received a prototype PCB that I need to cut accurately to size (double Eurocard). This is well beyond my poor hack sawing skills so I am hoping there is someone not to far from me (Holt, UK) who has a band saw or something similar that I can use. I use a shear. |
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Can I borrow your bandsaw? (UK)
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Ian Bell wrote: I have just received a prototype PCB that I need to cut accurately to size (double Eurocard). This is well beyond my poor hack sawing skills so I am hoping there is someone not to far from me (Holt, UK) who has a band saw or something similar that I can use. Try a sheet metal shop or an HVAC shop that does custom ductwork. You want to use a sheet metal brake to cut the boards, not a saw. FR4 will wreck saw blades in very short order. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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Can I borrow your bandsaw? (UK)
"Ian Bell" wrote in message
I have just received a prototype PCB that I need to cut accurately to size (double Eurocard). This is well beyond my poor hack sawing skills so I am hoping there is someone not to far from me (Holt, UK) who has a band saw or something similar that I can use. What other tools are available? In general nobody cuts particularly good lines with either a hacksaw or a bandsaw. In either case finish-grade work follows the saw cut with filing and sanding. The preferred traditional production tool for this purpose would probably be a large shear with foot treadle or hydraulic operation. Another commonly-used tool for this purpose is a high speed rotary bit, mounted in some kind of a jig (e.g. router table) or on a milling machine. |
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Can I borrow your bandsaw? (UK)
Ian wrote:
I have just received a prototype PCB that I need to cut accurately to size (double Eurocard). This is well beyond my poor hack sawing skills so I am hoping there is someone not to far from me (Holt, UK) who has a band saw or something similar that I can use. Help? Use a proper American razor saw. http://www.xacto.com/Product/X75350 If there's a model shop (as in miniature trains, boats and planes) near you, they'll probably sell 'em. Like little tenon saws. Everyone should have one, for everything. Last forever, cut straight and fast through all but the hardest of materials. Ian |
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Can I borrow your bandsaw? (UK)
On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:46:01 +0100, "Ian Iveson"
wrote: Use a proper American razor saw. http://www.xacto.com/Product/X75350 Not American, just a razor saw, and the very best ones are Japanese - like pretty well all cutting tools. d |
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Can I borrow your bandsaw? (UK)
Don Pearce wrote:
Use a proper American razor saw. http://www.xacto.com/Product/X75350 Not American, just a razor saw, and the very best ones are Japanese - like pretty well all cutting tools. An obscure Kafka reference...with a hint of irony, perhaps, but who can tell with Kafka? X-acto are top quality, available, and have the cutest brand name. Americans make good hand tools. Ian |
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Can I borrow your bandsaw? (UK)
GregS wrote:
In , Ian wrote: I have just received a prototype PCB that I need to cut accurately to size (double Eurocard). This is well beyond my poor hack sawing skills so I am hoping there is someone not to far from me (Holt, UK) who has a band saw or something similar that I can use. I use a shear. Do you mean a guillotine? I don't have one of those either, but if it works and someone near me will lend me it that would be great. Cheers Ian |
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Can I borrow your bandsaw? (UK)
HI
I am NR25 Cheers ian fredbloggstwo wrote: Ian can you give me a post code - I am hp20 I have a PCB guillotine Mike "Ian wrote in message ... I have just received a prototype PCB that I need to cut accurately to size (double Eurocard). This is well beyond my poor hack sawing skills so I am hoping there is someone not to far from me (Holt, UK) who has a band saw or something similar that I can use. Help? Cheers Ian |
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Can I borrow your bandsaw? (UK)
Scott Dorsey wrote:
In , Ian wrote: I have just received a prototype PCB that I need to cut accurately to size (double Eurocard). This is well beyond my poor hack sawing skills so I am hoping there is someone not to far from me (Holt, UK) who has a band saw or something similar that I can use. Try a sheet metal shop or an HVAC shop that does custom ductwork. You want to use a sheet metal brake to cut the boards, not a saw. FR4 will wreck saw blades in very short order. --scott That I do most sincerely believe. I had some smaller PCBs made ( about 4 inches square) and had to cut them out too. I consumed one Junior hacksaw blade every two cut sides. Cheers Ian |
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Can I borrow your bandsaw? (UK)
Arny Krueger wrote:
"Ian wrote in message I have just received a prototype PCB that I need to cut accurately to size (double Eurocard). This is well beyond my poor hack sawing skills so I am hoping there is someone not to far from me (Holt, UK) who has a band saw or something similar that I can use. What other tools are available? In general nobody cuts particularly good lines with either a hacksaw or a bandsaw. In either case finish-grade work follows the saw cut with filing and sanding. The preferred traditional production tool for this purpose would probably be a large shear with foot treadle or hydraulic operation. Another commonly-used tool for this purpose is a high speed rotary bit, mounted in some kind of a jig (e.g. router table) or on a milling machine. Yes, it seems my assumption that sawing was the 'normal' method was quite wrong. Shearing appears to be the standard method. So does anyone near me in the UK (NR25) have one I could use? Cheers ian |
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Can I borrow your bandsaw? (UK)
On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:52:31 +0100, "Ian Iveson"
wrote: Americans make good hand tools. There are two ways to read that....;-) d |
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Can I borrow your bandsaw? (UK)
Ian Bell wrote:
That I do most sincerely believe. I had some smaller PCBs made ( about 4 inches square) and had to cut them out too. I consumed one Junior hacksaw blade every two cut sides. When they drill they boards, they use very small carbide drills, and they replace them after a fairly small number of holes. (This is, in fact, why a lot of board houses have an extra charge per hole). There is a fairly large aftermarket for the used drills, since they are still perfectly fine for drilling brass or even steel when they are too worn for fr4. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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Can I borrow your bandsaw? (UK)
"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
Ian Bell wrote: That I do most sincerely believe. I had some smaller PCBs made ( about 4 inches square) and had to cut them out too. I consumed one Junior hacksaw blade every two cut sides. When they drill they boards, they use very small carbide drills, and they replace them after a fairly small number of holes. (This is, in fact, why a lot of board houses have an extra charge per hole). There is a fairly large aftermarket for the used drills, since they are still perfectly fine for drilling brass or even steel when they are too worn for fr4. --scott There are people who resharpen the carbide PC board drills. The downside of the resharpened drills is that they are not long enough to drill as many boards at a time as the new ones. |
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Can I borrow your bandsaw? (UK)
Hi again Ian
that's a bit of a trek I am afraid. You could resort, as I am have in the past, to using a padsaw and then finish off with a file and emery paper. Kind regards Mike "Ian Bell" wrote in message ... HI I am NR25 Cheers ian fredbloggstwo wrote: Ian can you give me a post code - I am hp20 I have a PCB guillotine Mike "Ian wrote in message ... I have just received a prototype PCB that I need to cut accurately to size (double Eurocard). This is well beyond my poor hack sawing skills so I am hoping there is someone not to far from me (Holt, UK) who has a band saw or something similar that I can use. Help? Cheers Ian |
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Can I borrow your bandsaw? (UK)
Ian Bell wrote:
I have just received a prototype PCB that I need to cut accurately to size (double Eurocard). This is well beyond my poor hack sawing skills so I am hoping there is someone not to far from me (Holt, UK) who has a band saw or something similar that I can use. Help? Cheers Ian Score the board deeply on both sides with a sharp scriber, snap the board along the scribe line and neaten up with a file. Clamp a steel rule to the board as a guide when scoring and practice on a piece of scrap board first. The method is quick neat and accurate and requires no special skills, |
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Can I borrow your bandsaw? (UK)
keithr wrote:
Ian Bell wrote: I have just received a prototype PCB that I need to cut accurately to size (double Eurocard). This is well beyond my poor hack sawing skills so I am hoping there is someone not to far from me (Holt, UK) who has a band saw or something similar that I can use. Help? Cheers Ian Score the board deeply on both sides with a sharp scriber, snap the board along the scribe line and neaten up with a file. Clamp a steel rule to the board as a guide when scoring and practice on a piece of scrap board first. The method is quick neat and accurate and requires no special skills, Thanks Keith. Several people have suggested this method so I am going to experiment on a piece of scrap and see how it goes. Cheers Ian |
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Can I borrow your bandsaw? (UK)
On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:39:20 +0100, Ian Bell
wrote: keithr wrote: Ian Bell wrote: I have just received a prototype PCB that I need to cut accurately to size (double Eurocard). This is well beyond my poor hack sawing skills so I am hoping there is someone not to far from me (Holt, UK) who has a band saw or something similar that I can use. Help? Cheers Ian Score the board deeply on both sides with a sharp scriber, snap the board along the scribe line and neaten up with a file. Clamp a steel rule to the board as a guide when scoring and practice on a piece of scrap board first. The method is quick neat and accurate and requires no special skills, Thanks Keith. Several people have suggested this method so I am going to experiment on a piece of scrap and see how it goes. And when you snap it, lay the board on a table edge, aligned with the scoring. Apply more pressure to one end than the other and it will kind of tear along the line rather than snap. It will all be under much more control that way. d |
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Can I borrow your bandsaw? (UK)
Don Pearce wrote:
Americans make good hand tools. There are two ways to read that....;-) Reminded me of the quite funny pair of MotoGP commentators, talking about nurturing new talent. "I think I'd make a good coach". "Yeah mate...you could take your teeth out and install seats." If I had a one-off board, I'd use a razor saw because it's zero risk. Otherwise I'd score, clamp to the edge of the table, and snap, assuming there's no copper. Buying a saw for one board isn't worth it, but they are so good for plastic, wood and soft metal that anyone prototyping fabrications would soon wonder how they ever managed without one. Ian |
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Can I borrow your bandsaw? (UK)
Don Pearce wrote:
On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:39:20 +0100, Ian wrote: keithr wrote: Ian Bell wrote: I have just received a prototype PCB that I need to cut accurately to size (double Eurocard). This is well beyond my poor hack sawing skills so I am hoping there is someone not to far from me (Holt, UK) who has a band saw or something similar that I can use. Help? Cheers Ian Score the board deeply on both sides with a sharp scriber, snap the board along the scribe line and neaten up with a file. Clamp a steel rule to the board as a guide when scoring and practice on a piece of scrap board first. The method is quick neat and accurate and requires no special skills, Thanks Keith. Several people have suggested this method so I am going to experiment on a piece of scrap and see how it goes. And when you snap it, lay the board on a table edge, aligned with the scoring. Apply more pressure to one end than the other and it will kind of tear along the line rather than snap. It will all be under much more control that way. d Thanks for the tip Don. Cheers Ian |
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Can I borrow your bandsaw? (UK)
"Ian Bell" wrote in message ... I have just received a prototype PCB that I need to cut accurately to size (double Eurocard). This is well beyond my poor hack sawing skills so I am hoping there is someone not to far from me (Holt, UK) who has a band saw or something similar that I can use. Help? Cheers Ian Hi The term to use in a search is PCB milling. It's the internet and the very subject has been covered 49 million times. This is not the group to get solutions on almost anything! A search will bring you all the results you need. For amateur/occasional use the most popular tool is a Dremel which can be picked up on ebay for a tenner, or hired for day as a full table top mill for 6 quid. If bought on ebay you can then resell it after use or use it to cut kitchen tiles, or heart shaped holes in neighbours windows etc. I did a brief google on Dremel PCB milling and from first page of results am supplying these video links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61Q_6-cRua4&feature=fvw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jMeb...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x_oy...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urv6jArKp6M On YouTube there are thousands more clips on the subject of PCB milling. A Dremel is extremely versatile, apart from this subject they are pretty nifty with mobile phones, but thats another subject not ffor usenet. PS. PCB's can be layered, so scoring and snapping can result in cracking with some structures, milling is the safe option. |
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