Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 09 17:13:23 EDT 1998 | Ryan J.
Has anybody heard of a shield to shield the cutter from flying leads during hand cutting of through hole components. If it collected the leads also that would be helpful. I am thinking of plexiglass or something that the board could be placed under.
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 18 13:54:47 EST 2002 | Chuck
Where can you purchase Dentist tooling?
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 14 10:51:12 EST 2002 | Chuck
I have a trace about 0.060' wide and I need to place a chip resister on it. * What is the best tool to use to cut the trace without slipping and scratching other traces or masking around it? I have used X-Acto #11,#16,#24 blades without success.
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 14 17:10:22 EST 2002 | stepheno
I've been looking at buying a trace repair kit. The one I'm looking at includes some nifty little bits for a dremel or whatever. What I was wondering is, if someone is going to cut traces with a dremel, would you reccommend getting the stand for it
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 15 15:11:08 EST 2002 | clarkk
Check out http://www.circuittechctr.com/index.htm They have kits and training for making pcb mods. And no, I don't work for them. But they have saved my butt once or twice with handy repairs for damaged pcb's. Good luck!
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 18 15:33:12 EST 2002 | John Z.
I would shy away from a Dremel. They are great for a hobby, but produce too much spin off at the tip to be reliable. A micro-drill is the appropriate tool. The cheap way out would be tweezers scissors. That is if you can get under the trace.
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 14 14:16:38 EST 2002 | davef
Yer correctamuno!!! A 4 oz trace will pick-up both you and your x-acto knife, throw both across the room, and then come over there a kick yer ... . Go to Wal-Mart and buy a Dremel Tool [ http://www.dremel.com/ ]. Do yer best not to breath the dust
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 15 14:27:21 EST 2002 | stefwitt
Assuming, you have nothing on the other board side, I would drill a hole through the trace and board with a step drill and a drill press. If you adjust the depth control carefully the wider step of the drill scratches the surfaces of the trace to mak
Electronics Forum | Sat Mar 16 18:06:31 EST 2002 | davef
First, you're correct. Trace repair and rework is not for the faint of heart or novices. Second, our "girls" prefer a dental drill type tool [Dremel Flexshaft], rather than the clumsy Dremel type from Wal-Mart. They also like a vice with a unversa
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 18 11:04:39 EST 2002 | slthomas
At a previous employer we used a pneumatic dental type drill with nice results. The 1/4" hose is much more flexible than a flex drive cable, there's no motor module on the work surface, and the foot pedal for the air a little more elegant than two-h
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