Homebrew PCBs

Stefan Trethan wrote:

> Sheet metal shears/scissors. Either handheld or the bench variety, all  
> works well.
> Tile saws are said to work too, are cheap (30eur) and run in water bath  
> (dust).
> A small table saw with a carbide blade makes very nice cuts, but IMO is  
> too loud and messy.
> Strong paper cutters.

While I've used shearing in the past, I'd rather
not do so if I had a choice.  Shearing stresses
are rather broadly distributed compared to sawing,
routing, etc..  Making cuts close to active traces
and vias via shearing is best avoided IMHO.

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