Homebrew PCBs

I use a Prosnip S20 offset hand sheet metal shears to cut my circuit
boards.   It does it clean and smooth.  I always file the copper edges
of my bords to keep the burr edge from damaging my laminator.  It also
ensures good contact between the transfer paper and the board. 


--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Young" <mikewhy@s...> wrote:
>
> Yup. Coming soon along with CAD package, both as built and done
"right". 
> I'll wait till Monday to snap some pics. (My manicurist ran away,
along with 
> the maid and gardener.)
> 
> Great ideas, Allan. Simple is great.
> 
> Mike.
> 
> PS: I etched the first board this evening using the Pulsar newbie
kit. (Very 
> fast etch times using their sponge trick. It was a touch over a
minute at 
> room temperature on 1/2 oz. copper.) Good clean 10 mil traces and
spaces 
> across most of the board. A small burr on the cut edge kept part of the 
> transfer from bonding to the remainder. Not sure what to cut the
board with. 
> I tried scissors, a fine toothed panel blade on the tablesaw blade,
and also 
> mashed up the cutter wheel on the rotary paper trimmer in vain. I
think the 
> past two days adds up to needing a throatless shear for the shop.
What do 
> you guys use?
> 
> Oh, and the "drill press" works beautifully. It cries out for a lock
in the 
> up position, but the scrap board prop will work fine for a while.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Randy Ledyard" <rll_groups@a...>
> To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 2:20 AM
> Subject: RE: [Homebrew_PCBs] Minimalist drill press
> 
> 
> >
> > pics, man, pics
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
> >>
> >> Well, the tiny little drill bits arrived this afternoon,
> >> reminding me that I
> >> hadn't figured out yet how to put the RotoZip to work. I also
>