Small stripboard?

[simonrichie]

It looks like the stripboard in this photo http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c162/TheZonkMachine/ZonkMachineII/DAM%20Site%20pics/GREY_SB66_09.jpg isn't cut from a larger piece, but bought at that size. Does anyone know where I can find these?

-SR

[digi2t]

Are you sure it vero (stripboard)? Could be perf. RadioShack used to sell that, but you could find loads of that on EBay, in a myriad of sizes.

[StephenGiles]

Much cheaper to buy a large piece and break off to smaller size needed.

[Crontox102098]

Much cheaper to buy a large piece and break off to smaller size needed.

You can use that break off parts to make another smalled sized circuits.

[greaser_au]

The one in the photo is 9x21 holes.    how about this (9x25 hole board)?

(I'd suggest buying a big sheet and cutting it up too!)

david

[simonrichie]

Thanks all.

Yeah, I'm cutting up the big stuff now, but the particles worry me, plus, how nice it would be to just grab a board that already fits the enclosure perfectly.

I've tried the score-and-snap method, and I've tried the Dremel cutting disc. I don't care for either. What about tin snips? Other methods?

-SR

[greaser_au]

ok. these may be a little wide then. that was only a quick lookup, there should be more sizes available!

Tinsnips are shears (like scissors) and if you look closely at a PCB/vero edge cut with them you will see a bunch of fractures in the resin.   

david (I'm with the hacksaw-and-file crowd I'm afraid. Sorry, mate!)

[merlinb]

I've tried the score-and-snap method, and I've tried the Dremel cutting disc. I don't care for either. What about tin snips? Other methods?

Junior hacksaw.

[UKToecutter]

I always scored a deep line with a Stanley knife (track side of course) and then found the board snapped quite easily where I wanted it to.

[nocentelli]

Thanks all.

Yeah, I'm cutting up the big stuff now, but the particles worry me, plus, how nice it would be to just grab a board that already fits the enclosure perfectly.

Where are you?

9 rows x 25 holes long seems to be a common size - I buy this stuff for small fuzz builds etc

http://www.bitsbox.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=238_244&products_id=1855


...UK postage is flat £1.75, not sure how much outside the UK, but probably not that steep.

[vigilante397]

I always scored a deep line with a Stanley knife (track side of course) and then found the board snapped quite easily where I wanted it to.

That's my cutting method also. I also use a beltsander to sand down the edges of my stripboard so the edges are smooth just like the one in the picture, so that could very well be how he did it.

[Ice-9]

Thanks all.

Yeah, I'm cutting up the big stuff now, but the particles worry me, plus, how nice it would be to just grab a board that already fits the enclosure perfectly.

I've tried the score-and-snap method, and I've tried the Dremel cutting disc. I don't care for either. What about tin snips? Other methods?

-SR

What particles worry you ? you breath more shit in just walking along the street than you would by snapping a little bit of board, unless your dremeling the stuff down 8 hours a day everyday stick a mask on.

[Focalized]

Use a table vice. Score it with the clamped vice as your straight edge and it will snap perfectly. Works with all the materials. Then file it smooth if you want.

[Johan]

I just line up the holes to the edge of a table and put some weight on the protruding part until it breaks then smooth the edge with a file
J