On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:28:48 GMT, Bill Janssen
wrote:


Question! How badly will I damage the shear if I cut fiberglass circuit
board material.
I don't expect to do that very often but I can imagine wanting to do
that a few times.

Don't worry about it unless you need the shear to stay sharp enough to
cut very thin materials that scissors or a papercutter would cut
easily. I had a shear and notcher in my lab for many years that
were used on both cct boards and typically .062" aluminum sheetmetal,
a few cuts a week. No problem.