Homebrew PCBs

On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:24:48 +0200, bob_ledoux <bobledoux@...>  
wrote:

> For the hobby user I find aviation-style offset angle compound tin
> snips work very well.


That's probably what they are called over there.
There are a zillion types of shear, and some are much better than others  
in terms of material path/bending.
Get a left handed version if you are right handed, for cutting PCBs, or it  
is awkward to cut along the line ('cause can't see!).

I bought a cheap set of 3 shears (left, right, straight) at my tools shop  
for 10eur, but they were so crappy they were totally unuseable for PCB  
cutting. I had to return them again and stick with my old quality shears.  
You really need the type that allows a somewhat straight material path  
(maybe called offset, it is called "run through shear" here, roughly  
translated word by word).


Anyway, the lever shear is pretty cool! and i had it around for years,  
only needing a minor fix.

ST