[Amps] Cutting G-10 Board

Peter Chadwick g3rzp at g3rzp.wanadoo.co.uk
Wed Aug 30 06:54:33 EDT 2006


> Does anyone has advice on how to make straight cuts on 1/8" G-10 board 
 material(actually, it is G-11 but very close to being the same as G-10)?  <

If you're cutting much of it, get a diamond saw. Fibreglass plays merry hell with saw blades - and guillotine (shear) blades, too.
A powered jigsaw and a piece of steel strip clamped to it for a guide is useful. Even, with care, a handheld tenon saw. A dust mask is HIGHLY advisable, as is working outdoors. Nice, if you can manage it, is dribbling water onto the saw so that the dust comes out as a slurry. Keeps the saw cool, too!
The old trick of laying sandpaper on a flat surface and running the edge of the sheet backwards and forwards over it is another approach to cleaning it up. However, then you need to make sure you don't get a straight edge that is at the wrong angle.
73
Peter G3RZP


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