On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 22:08:20 -0600, Martin Eastburn
wrote:

The Glue is different. The thickness is different.

If you buy at the local Hardware/lumber store and get a sheet of say
3/8" by GP or someone - and then buy a "3/8" sheet from Loews and one
from HD - you will find Chile, and other large South American site in
metric that is close but not the 3/8" as you seek.

You have two or maybe 3 thicknesses. But heck it is all the same.
Just more work and different shims/chippers/cutters. Not all sets
give you metric sizes and jump over their sizes.

Forget that. They're different from one pallet to the next. It
doesn't matter whether the set is metric or imperial, you still have
to measure and shim. The width of the cutters themselves don't really
matter much.


Martin

On 1/22/2017 9:50 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 22 Jan 2017 21:24:13 -0600, Martin Eastburn
wrote:

But the shims are not all sizes. If you get Imperial - e.g. an old
version - you can't get down to the metric 3/8" (imperial thinking) size
of slot. You need a different mix.

I have no idea what you're talking about. You make no sense.

If you are in 3/4 it isn't and wood plank - as well... Ply is coming
from sites world wide. Some hardwood and some softwood.

Huh? You make no sense.

Who cares where it comes from? It's got the be measured. You can't
assume nominal thickness. If you have to shim anyway, who cares if
the set is metric or imperial?