What’s the best way to cut verobard cleanly - not on the list of permitted substances for laser cutting! Any advice from any dinosaur that still uses veroboard wuld be welcome. I used to use an X-acto saw (unbranded copy actually) but that seems to have vanished from my toolboxes.
With best wishes from Steeplekeeper.
(I’ve not been in lately - not a sign of lack on willpower, lots of things cropped up. Also, sorry, I forgot to swipe out with my card on my last visit; all practical suggestions of how to remember to do that would be welcome)
Hey @steeplekeeper!
I have had good success with scoring the vero board copper-side first a few times, and snapping it. It usually is a little cleaner than other options - the FR4 fibreglass substrate dulls tools pretty quickly so this option is quite inexpensive.
Alternatively, a bandsaw or even a tilesaw are good options, as long as you have a guide to help you make a neat right angle cut. Again, make sure the copper side is facing up, so the cutting action severs the copper strips first - the other way round tends to make the strips peel off, which is no good for anyone.
As an aside for future: PCB fab houses are cheap these days, and even more so if you can be patient enough to endure the long shipping times. I can run a PCB design workshop if we gain enough interest, and if I can do it anyone can! 
Thanks Chris, put me on your list for a PCB design workshop. And thanks for the cutting tips. I have a carbide cutter for scoring tiles which I will try.
Also, I still have “at the back of the shed” a diamond tile saw that runs in a waterbath that I used for a large terracotta tile floor - but getting it out and filling it up and drying it out and putting it away etc etc is too much of a pain for just a few cuts!
Also I remember when vero was made with SRBP - synthetic resin bonded paper, which didn’t blunt tools. Regards, Miles
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