davesl708
Elite Member
The shims arrived from Messicks, USPS First Class mail. Order 5/25 arrived 5/29. Pretty good shipping, of course they're tiny, and it was "mystery shipping" until it arrived. USPS First Class is supposed to be trackable and 3 days, but you don't get a tracking #. And my calculations at the USPS show that it should cost about 91 cents to mail, but I paid $14. I know there is some "handling' involved, but c'mon, $13.09?
I have documented the shim specs for those interested, and basically confirm what Tractor Seabee said above. They are 12mm diameter, and look like this:
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I put them side by side with some common objects for comparison. Three shims are on the right. I think somebody clever could find a way to jury rig their own shim if they wanted to. The biggest challenge would be to get it thin enough, evenly across the surface.
It takes a lot of work to put those in an envelope.:confused2: