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alumina snap tool for prototyping

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I'm looking for a tool to snap hardboard (alumina, etc) to length.
It was years back and I am picturing it was something like a small ceramic tile snap tool.
It's nothing that could be used for mass production but handy for prototyping.

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just go to home depot and get a tile scorer. its a hand held knife with a carbide tip blade. Should be able to score a line, then use pliers like above to break it relatively clean. Alumina is non-crystaline, so it will not really ***** in a perfect straight line like glass would.

any sort of tiny water fed diamond disc drill will cut it cleanly. Maybe look on a glassblowers supply website.
 

Appreciate the replys Biff44 & Externet. That's my "Plan B" but if I remember right it looked like a small version of a Tile cutter or snapping tool. Pic of Tile cutter below. Tile Cutter.JPG
 

Externet said:
Go trough these results, it may turn on some light... or plan C.

----> https://duckduckgo.com/?q=pc+board+shear&iax=1&ia=images
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none of those will cut thru alumina. It is too hard. You need to score and snap OR cut with a diamond saw blade

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ge said:
Appreciate the replys Biff44 & Externet. That's my "Plan B" but if I remember right it looked like a small version of a Tile cutter or snapping tool. Pic of Tile cutter below.View attachment 140220
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that will certainly snap a substrate into pieces...but not with any sort of precision....
 

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