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What to shim with?
Well one of my 7" C-Chanel has a dip in it.
That causes my rail on that side to dip as well. Can someone help a brother out? Joe |
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Joe is your table welded up yet? How do the legs attach to the beam? How are the braces attached? Post a picture of the entire side showing the beam, legs, braces and lower cross member.
Last edited by J.R. Hatcher; Tue 22 July 2008 at 04:17.. |
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There is also these,
McMaster Carr Part Number - 9011K19 Description - Shim Stock Sheet Low Carbon Steel, .020" Thick, 8" X 12", Unit Price - Packs of 5 $12.71 |
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That seems easy enough. Thanks for the help.
Joe |
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If you are looking for pre-cut shims take a look at McMaster-Carr P/N 9302K25. These are alum. slotted shims in a variety of thickness.
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washers work
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Any thing with stable & consistant thickness will work, including gold & silver Diamond too...
Happy New Year! |
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Easy thing to do is use soda/beer cans. You can do a make shift die cut of them to a uniform shape by taking a small section of pipe and sharpening it and then arbor pressing into "donuts". Then, gang drill them for the center hole.
..or you can spend money and buy shims. I personally use a deck of cards for my shims. They are stable, waxed and last forever - plus easy to cut. I learned from a field mechanic years ago on this technique to align shaft pillow blocks on really big machines. Deck of cards was really cheap and fairly non-compressible. |
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