Tuning & moving (frequently)

[Marcel Carey]

Jean,  Shimming consist of inserting an object between two part that
are usually together to either fill a gap or adjust spacing
relationship or to prevent them from moving. A shim the object that
you would put between these two parts.

In french I would say shimming means "caler", and the shim would be
"une cale".

J'espère répondre à votre question.

Marcel Carey, RPT
Sherbrooke   QC

>
> One last question to Clyde Hollinger who wrote "Since in
> most cases the one
> caster still wasn't carrying much weight, I shimmed it." I
> can guess the
> answer, but what is "shimming" ? I could not find it in my
> dictionnaries -
> as well as a few words I encountered, which obviously are
> part of some
> secret language in use among the men-of-the-art...!
>
> Thanks
> Jean Debefve
> Artistic director
> Theatre de Galafronie, Belgium
> -----------------------------------------------
> Le sens de la vie, c'est la vie.
> Costia de Renesse   (+ 2002)
>