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<p><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://oshpark.com">OSH Park</a>
has been making the edges of their boards easier to deal with. Now
most of the time there's just a little protrusion (or more than
one for bigger boards) from each side where the board was milled
out in the panel. For many years I've had a dead flat surface and
sand paper to knock off these protrusions (and the "mouse bites"
that preceded them). But now I have a Dremel tool set up
permanently with a side cutter bit (vaguely 1/4" diameter) and
touching the protrusion to this knocks it off, sometimes with a
slight depression in the board edge. But the depressions are
harmless for prototypes and with a bit of practice and care they
can be avoided. But this way the board edge stays straight and
fits better in a jig for pasting with a stencil (the stainless
steel stencils from <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://oshstencils.com">OSH Stencils</a> are abfab!). <br>
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<p>If I can get cameras set up to switch reliably maybe I could give
a demo of this and other steps of board assembly for low volume
prototyping. I have a new camera for my microscope too. If I can
get a decent cell signal into the basement I can perhaps use that
and bypass the feeble uplinkĀ with the house DSL. This would have
to be for after Monday as I'm overbooked.<br>
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<p>-Pete</p>
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