[Norm Walters]

I don’t know if anyone has noticed the advertisement for shims on here. I never paid much attention because the pic for them looked just like plain old wood shims. I guess I was bored, I clicked on the link to see what they had. They also carry the composite shims, which I have switched to as soon at they came on the market. They also sell them in bulk.

If I were them, I would have a pic of the composite shims in the advertisement, just saying…………………

[Curt Herrmann]

Norm: I tried the composite shims also, and they really work well. They snap off easily and
cleanly.

Curt

[Andy Graves]

Lots of people click on the link. Now you can buy them direct from the manufacturer. Give them a try and post a review.

[John Christensen]

How skinny are these shims on the skinny end. I would like shims that get to about 1/64th inch.

Johnny C

[Tom M]

Johnny C,
They are thin and fairly well equal – another good thing. 1/64th? mmm… don’t know about that.
I would imagine the composite is a bit thicker, though.

[Norm Walters]

The composite’s are a little thicker at the small end. Without breaking out a mic, I would say cut 1/4″ off the small end of a wood shim and that’s about what it looks like.

[John Christensen]

Thanks Norm,
The reason that I like them so thin is that I mostly use them to shim the top. I usually use a wedge of SS that I make on the table saw. Inseted between the wood strip attached to the countertop and the cabinet, in places where a bulhead or back of the cabinet isn’t quite up to level with the top of the cabinet.
Johnny C

[Brian Peterson]

I actually work for Nelson Wood Shims, and this would be my first time posting in a forum (how exciting)!! In response to the question of how thick the composite shims are at the end, they are typically about 1/16th or less.

Just to add some additional info on composites, there are a few designs on the market today. One design is smooth on the bottom with holes drilled in the top. It snaps fairly easily, but doesn’t always give a clean break. We have a composite that is pre-scored on both sides that allows you to snap it every 1/8 of an inch (See photo below).

If interested, call or send me an email for a free sample

brian.peterson@shims.com or 1-800-441-7390.

[Fred Atwood]

Brian,

Just a suggestion…..If you could make them smooth on one side AND break cleanly, you would have the perfect product. I use the other guys, even though they do not break as clean just because I do not like the score lines catching on my cabinets and moving the cabinet instead of going under. This is really only a problem when putting shims in from the side, but it is enough of a problem that it makes a difference for us.

[Norm Walters]

Fred, don’t you have to “lift” the cabinet to get the shim in anyway, and once the shim is in, and you need to go a little higher just lever it with a flat bar, and slide the shim in further, no???

[Joe Tiedemann]

Norm, if you’re buying your shims at big box, quite frankly, it’s a rip off.

Nelson shims now available in Tampa Bay.

[Norm Walters]

Now he tells me, grrr.

[chris damopoulos]

In transit…

[Brian Peterson]

Thanks for the suggestion Freddy, we’ll keep that in mind. However, at this time we’ve found that the benefit of being able to snap the shim at every 1/8th of an inch has outweighed the benefit of having a smooth side. Using Norm’s suggestion helps get around this issue.

In the future, it may make sense to carry multiple types of composite shims, so I appreciate the suggestion.

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