Shims

[cropwell]

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

[Clive S]

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

I thought that was the norm

[AndyUK]

I've used shimming foil in a couple of places, £5 a roll.

[cropwell]

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.

[AndyUK]

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.

[Voicecoil]

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

[JAZZCNC]

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

[Neale]

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

[cropwell]

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.

[cropwell]

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.