JanRwl@... wrote: > > >Yes. The cutters will last longer, provided that is not "glass-fiber >reinforced phenolic". It is the glass fibers in FR-4 that do-up cutters! >ONLY solid carbide drill-bits or router-bits can even be CONSIDERED to mill >glass-epoxy! > Reminds me when I went to cut a 900mm length of FR4 using a jigsaw. After about 3/4 of the way through the HSS blade was concave, with almost no middle teeth remaining. Carbide tooth jigsaw blades are available. A bit pricey but they probably last a hobbyist for ever.
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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Easy to machine circuit board?
2002-07-23 by Adam Seychell