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Steve - this is a true 2 minute drill. Lay a 2X4 flat across your
table/sawhorses and saw away with your circular saw.

Every time I hand doors, shim cabinets, adjust siding/trims and the
multitude of other tasks that need or can benefit from a wedge shaped
shim, I cut them with my circular saw.

I cut the first shim at an angle from about 1/4" to nothing, about 8"
long. The next cut is straight, giving you another wedge. Alternate
your angles back and forth with a straight cut. When you finish
across the width of the board, it should have several shims that are
ready to trim off the board as the thicker side will remain. Cut
those and you are finished.

No kidding.. give it a try. It is honestly about 2 minutes to get 25
wedges. Also, when I need different sizes, I just vary the width of
cut as I go and have a handful of 1/4", 3/8", and a couple of 1/2".
You can cut as many as you want, the size and length you want in
seconds out of 2X4 scrap..

Robert

I NEED it to be built of a hardwood, as it will be the shim under a pecan
that is about to be cracked. The cracker works by the principle of
compressing the nut from both ends at the same moment with the same force.
I need the shim to slide under the bottom plate so that the top of the nut
sticks out just so far. Each nut will be different, so I will have to move
it a lot, and with multiple strikes, a pine 2 x 4 would be too soft of a
wood to withstand the beating.

This is total experimentation, so just trying ideas until I get it right,
then I can look towards mechanized higher output.

Steve