My lead hand cut a 0.005 inch shim from a soda can and told me it was the neatest trick he picked up in 22 years on the floor

Finley Moore · 2026-09-22T10:55:03.5542+00:00

He said a Bud can runs about 0.004 to 0.005 inches thick, so he keeps one flattened in his box for tramming vise jaws and shimming stock that runs just a hair under, and it has got me wondering what other junk in my garage is secretly a precision tool.

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