On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 06:01:09 -0800, Grant Erwin
wrote:

Grady wrote:
I am tramming a Homier mini mill and the column is out vertically, leaning
toward the front. I have exhausted all local supply house trying to find
some .001 and .0015 shim stock, short of buying 50 or 100 ft rolls. I need
about a foot of each max, 1/2 inch wide. I would be willing to buy some from
someone for a reasonable price if you have it readily available. All help
greatly appreciated.

Grady



ZigZag cigarette papers are reliably .001" and they cost about $1.10/pack
at Wal-Mart. I use those as shims all the time. - GWE


An old VHS video cassette will give you a
lifetime supply of precision shimstock of better strength
and thickness tolerance than cigarette paper.

E300 thickness is 0.0005" with shorter time
cassettes proportionally thicker. Precise thickness
measurement is easy - measure the total thickness of a 16 or
32 multiple fold of the tape.

Jim