Homebrew PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Lee Studley <indigo_red@...> wrote:
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> I also have a big harbor freight shear that I use for PCB's etc.
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>-Lee
>

I have one of the small shear/breaks that Micro Mark advertises.  They
can be ordered from Harbor Freight I believe, as well.  I don't
remember which I got mine from.  For my modest uses it works very
well.  It cuts FR4 cleanly.  

I do tend to stick to 0.030 and thinner stock.  I can't think of much
reason to use thicker material for most of my projects.  I like to
stick to euro-card sizes like 160 x 100 mm (6.3" x 3.9") and
especially 80 x 100 mm (3.15" x 3.9") for most projects as it reduces
the packaging issues.  But increasingly I use smaller boards than
that.  So flexing is less of an issue than weight and thickness. 
Anyway, for my purposes that little shear has been one of my best
investments.

-- Dave