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 :whistle:

[AndyUK]

I've used shimming foil (https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_osacat=0&_odkw=shimming+stock&_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=shim+foil&_sacat=0) in a couple of places, £5 a roll.

[cropwell]

I've used shimming foil (https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_osacat=0&_odkw=shimming+stock&_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=shim+foil&_sacat=0) in a couple of places, £5 a roll.

I use the shimming foil found in the kitchen -12.5p/metre. :smug:

[AndyUK]

I use the shimming foil found in the kitchen -12.5p/metre. :smug:

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. :smug:

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 :thumsup:

[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:smile:

[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.

[dazp1976]

Depends on the tolerances needed.
I've got aluminium foil at thicknesses of 0.03mm and 0.01mm for fine details. :)

[Kitwn]

I've got access to (in increasing thickness) kitchen foil, some copper foil my wife uses for craft stuff, aly drink tins and an empty 3l olive oil tin (kept it just in case). For accuracy I've got a micrometer. Will that do, do you think?