Wood shims are thin, triangular blocks of wood used as spacers to make minor adjustments to the position of two adjacent objects. In window and door installation, they’re often used to make sure ...

Shims are flat pieces of wood that can be anywhere from 6 to 10 inches long and have a taper. One end of a wood shim is normally about 1/16 inch thick while the other end is about 3/8 inch thick.

Assistant County Prosecutor Frankie Goldberg holds up a wooden shim as she explains to a jury how she thinks 74-year-old Ronald Miller tried to kill his wife by lodging a similar shim in her car's ...

PERTH AMBOY – Police are looking for a man who robbed the American Pride Bait & Tackle store Wednesday, threatening the cashier with a 6-inch wood shim. The robbery occurred about 6:59 a.m. at ...