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10-17-2025, 12:19 PM
Hi Guys
Most sheet material useful for making eyelet boards has to be fully cut through to have clean edges. The cards we supply in the Circuit Card Kit (CCK) are very slippery and are cut using a band saw at the supplier's facility. personally, I use a saw to cut them when I want to use a piece for any reason.
Scoring with a knife is difficult due to the slippery surface. Even were you to score both sides successfully in perfect alignment, but without cutting fully through the material, a snapped apart edge would be very rough and would require filing. Going a step further and scoring repeatedly with a knife until you cut through would require filing, as well.
The only way to make a clean cut is with a saw, whether hand or power.
In any case, cutting or drilling these materials requires great care, paying rapt attention to what you are doing, securing the card material properly, and maybe wearing a dust mask as the fiber is extremely irritating if inhaled.
Have fun
Most sheet material useful for making eyelet boards has to be fully cut through to have clean edges. The cards we supply in the Circuit Card Kit (CCK) are very slippery and are cut using a band saw at the supplier's facility. personally, I use a saw to cut them when I want to use a piece for any reason.
Scoring with a knife is difficult due to the slippery surface. Even were you to score both sides successfully in perfect alignment, but without cutting fully through the material, a snapped apart edge would be very rough and would require filing. Going a step further and scoring repeatedly with a knife until you cut through would require filing, as well.
The only way to make a clean cut is with a saw, whether hand or power.
In any case, cutting or drilling these materials requires great care, paying rapt attention to what you are doing, securing the card material properly, and maybe wearing a dust mask as the fiber is extremely irritating if inhaled.
Have fun
