I use a small 3-in-1 sheet metal machine (something like http://www.grizzly.com/products/12-Combination-3-in-1-Sheet-Metal-Machine/T2 1320 but from BusyBee in Canada) to cut thick shim stock without significant distortion.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Gene Heskett [mailto:ghesk...@shentel.net] > Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 6:41 PM > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Need some advice on where to buy shim stock in > custom widths > > On Wednesday 13 July 2016 13:26:14 Jon Elson wrote: > > > On 07/12/2016 04:31 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > So the question is: Who is likely to be able to supply this stuff > > > 0.010" thick by 0.400 wide? Brass or SS would be a never mind. > > > > I think McMaster-Carr and MSC stock kits of brass shim stock with > > about 15 thicknesses (.010" definitely in the set) in brass, and I > > think the sheets are 6 x 12". I also buy 100' > > rolls of .003" shim stock in 12" widths, that is a special order item. > > I think I get these from MSC. But, the 6" x 100' roll is stock. > > You just cut it with tin snips. > > > > Jon > > I saw those in my searches last night, but figured I'd get advice from more > experienced people first. > > My snips, or sharp scissors always seem to curl it up some. Hows the best way > to flatten it out so it just lays there? This SS stuff can lay flat enough to seal to > a sheet of glass. Looks like the long edges might have been die cut, in 6" of it, > maybe .001" variation in the width at .401" on my dial or digital calipers. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >-------- What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network > >bandwidth and traffic patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which > >users, apps, and protocols are consuming the most bandwidth. Provides > >multi-vendor support for NetFlow, J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make > >informed decisions using capacity planning > >reports.http://sdm.link/zohodev2dev > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and > traffic patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols > are consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for > NetFlow, J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using > capacity planning reports.http://sdm.link/zohodev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow, J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using capacity planning reports.http://sdm.link/zohodev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
