Veroboard trace cutting tool?

From: Dave Brown <tractorb_at_ihug.co.nz>
Date: Sun Dec 5 13:44:20 2004

Sounds like the one I used to have - I always thought it was a genuine
VERO tool but maybe not.
 DaveB

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From: "Paul Koning" <pkoning_at_equallogic.com>
To: <ethan.dicks_at_gmail.com>; <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: Veroboard trace cutting tool?


>>>>>> "Ethan" == Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks_at_gmail.com> writes:
>
> Ethan> Does anyone know where I can locate a genuine tool for
> Ethan> severing the traces on veroboard? I know I can make do with
> a
> Ethan> drill bit, but that puts a tapered hole in the resin board
> Ethan> underneath.
>
> Metalworking tool catalogs should list counterbore drills -- that
> should serve if you can't find the original tool. A counterbore is
> a
> device vaguely like a drill, except the tip "angle" is 180 degrees,
> and there's a pin in the middle to guide it. You use it to
> counterbore holes to take screws that have flat bottoms, not conical
> ones.
>
> paul
>
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