25 Nov
2008
25 Nov
'08
12:32 p.m.
--- On Tue, 11/25/08, William Donzelli <wdonzelli at gmail.com> wrote:
FWIW, most hobby shops (if there are any left) and some good hardware stores sell K &
S brass (and sometimes aluminum) shapes/metal stock. You can buy a pack of shim stock for
about 4$. Contains either multiples of .001" thick sheets or varying thicknesses from
.001" to .005". Can't remember exactly.
Yes, that -something-. That is what is the mystery.
The binder for a marine grade paint would probably work
fine.
There are any number of substances then if you're going to go that low tech. What
about varnish or polyurethane then?
Distance
between heads and drum was measured using
cigarette paper as a
shim....
Or those squishy plastic thread gauges that machinists and
engine
rebuilders use.