Q's about making PCBs

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On Tue, 4 May 2004 00:55:01 -0700, Terry Given wrote:

"Mike Harrison" <mike@whitewing.co.uk> wrote in message
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On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 10:53:30 GMT, "Michael (Micksa) Slade"
micksa-news@knobbits.org> wrote:

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I'm a computer programmer who's decided programming is kinda boring and
so
I'm getting into electronics. I'm taking a uni course, buying loads
of parts and tools, and losing lots of sleep reading articles all over
the
web and learning lots of stuff.

I live near Sydney, Australia.

I've been casually browsing this group for a while now, and I've decided
it's pretty pointless being shy about posting in here, since there are
plenty of posts here with surely less substance than I'm likely to
produce
in my posts. So I'll try and be sociable in here, ask questions and
start
discussions and see how it goes.

Please be gentle
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Okay, so. PCB making stuff.

See www.electricstuff.co.uk/pcbs.html for tons of info


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- I'm planning on buying a dremel drill with a routing table and drill
press. This should suit all my PCB cutting/drilling needs. I understand
cutting a PCB with a router is kinda slow and messy but it's cheaper than
a ~$700 shear/guillotine.
So anyway, is this a good idea? I can get it all for AU$300-400 from
justtools.com.au.

I wouldn't bother with the router - a Dremel won't cope with the axial
load anyway. If you can't
afford a shear, a hacksaw is adequate. For small cuts, heavy duty
scissors/tinsnips can be used.

DANGER WILL ROBINSON!

you do ***NOT*** want to breathe fiberglass, even very small amounts. Think
Asbestos. Years ago I worked for a company that bought an LPKF PCB router.
We read the F*ing manual (yeah, I know its wrong , and immediately
invested in a fancy vacuum filtration system with fancy HEPA filter.

A simple technique, used by Ostlers for centuries, is to hum while you work,
ie constantly expel air.....a vacuum cleaner taped to the machine is not a
bad idea too.

Personally, I use my hacksaw. I could use my bandsaw, or my sawbench, or my
radial arm mitre saw, or my jigsaw, or my chainsaw, or my circular saw, or
my tenon saw, or my keyhole saw, or my coping saw, or my cross-cut saw.

cheers
Terry

What did they see?
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Best Regards,
Mike