Veroboard trace cutting tool?

From: Bert Thomas <bert_at_brothom.nl>
Date: Sun Dec 5 06:29:07 2004

Ethan Dicks wrote:

> Ah... I was under the impression that the cutting edge had a
> substantially different angle fro a drill (like describing a 180
> degree arc between the cutting surfaces rather than, say, 150
> degrees).

My tip:

- using a sharp knife, cut two cuts in the trace
- use the soldering iron to heat and remove the small fraction of copper
between the two cuts

Advantage #1: you don't need to buy anything
Advantage #2: it hardly damages the ressin
Advantage #3: you can even remove the connection between two pads
Advantage #4: You can make arbitrarly large areas blank; could be
usefull for isolation areas

Believe me, this works. Even on epoxy, but just as well on pertinax.

Bert
Received on Sun Dec 05 2004 - 06:29:07 GMT