Veroboard trace cutting tool?

[Tony Duell]

> However, if I want it to look neater (I meant to mention this in my
> previous message) -- though goodness knows who would care -- I have
> been known to use a scalpel or craft knife to cut the copper either
> side of a hole and then lift off the small redundant piece.  I've also
> done that between holes, when I wanted to use two adjacent holes but
> isolated from each other.

If I want to mount a 2-row 0.1" header on veroboard/stripboard (something 
I do quite often :-)), I cut down the moddle of each row of holes with a 
sharp knife, and remove the little (0.1" wide approx) bits of track with 
a hot soldering iron -- they come off very easily. Then I fit the 
connector and solder the pins to the 'half holes' that are left. Never 
had a problem doing this.

And like you, to cut the traces I use a 3.5mm drill bit in a pin vice. 
The latter is a much under-rated tool in my opinion, I'm always using one 
of mine for something.

-tony