From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:103mfvg$87c2$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   On 6/26/2025 6:06 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > I learned to creep up on damageable things while wiggling paper between   
   > the part and the height gauge or endmill. When the paper drags I have a   
   > few thousandths of safe clearance left.   
   >   
      
   Paper is fine, if you measure the paper.  I learned that right here on   
   this group.  Most quality printer paper is about .003, but it can vary.   
   Its also slow, and if your reference surface is wet or covered in oil   
   its even slower because it changes the paper or you must take the time   
   to clean the surface.   
      
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   I use paper only to tell when to advance more slowly, by thousandths. I   
   don't trust it as a feeler gauge either, only as a cushion.   
      
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