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    Anybody else on the forum as cheapskate as me, that uses cut up drinks cans as shimming?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cropwell View Post
    Anybody else on the forum as cheapskate as me, that uses cut up drinks cans as shimming?
    I thought that was the norm
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    I've used shimming foil in a couple of places, £5 a roll.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AndyUK View Post
    I've used shimming foil in a couple of places, £5 a roll.
    I use the shimming foil found in the kitchen -12.5p/metre.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cropwell View Post
    I use the shimming foil found in the kitchen -12.5p/metre.
    Well yeah - I've used that in a few other places. I just don't think Tesco's dimensional tolerances are up to snuff.... Perhaps I'm just a snob?

    Edit: Plus this stuffs bronze. Much fancier.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cropwell View Post
    I use the shimming foil found in the kitchen -12.5p/metre.
    It has it's uses. When I was leveling the gantry on my machine, I couldn't find any "proper" shim stock that was thin enough to get it nuts-on. Dug around in the fireproofing box and found a roll of appallingly thin kitchen foil from the local pound shop, just the job

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    I'd use fag paper if it got the job done. The main thing is it doesn't change size.

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    Aluminium cans are good for shims, with aluminium foil nicked from the kitchen for the decimal places

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    Quote Originally Posted by AndyUK View Post
    I just don't think Tesco's dimensional tolerances are up to snuff.... Perhaps I'm just a snob?
    Have you tried the Waitrose product?

    Is your bronze Spring Tempered, Grade A, Rockwell 30T 76-80 or just the ASDA cheap stuff ?

    Seriously though - if I am shimming up with foil, I check the results after reassembly, and only use it where it is actually suitable.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JAZZCNC View Post
    I'd use fag paper if it got the job done. The main thing is it doesn't change size.
    I have seen fag paper used to lift an edge on an angle grinder. That was 60 years ago, it is amazing what impresses you as a kid, enough to make a lasting memory.

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