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Old 10-27-2019, 02:42 AM
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I layer card until I get to the required thickness.
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Old 10-27-2019, 10:28 AM
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If my memory serves me right, cereal box cardboard is around 0.5 mm. But I don't eat cereal so I could be off a bit. I'm confident it is not 1 mm thick, though.
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Old 10-27-2019, 05:09 PM
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One of the tricks I use to figure out thickness is to carefully look at the parts.
You often get a few skeleton pieces that slot together, and those slots are designed for a specific width of card.


1 mm is surprisingly thick and it's a bit hard to find. Currently I am using matboard meant for framing pictures.


I just checked one of my cereal boxes and it measured as 0.5 mm, while some biscuit box was 0.4 mm. I also use card that is used to stiffen large envelopes, which is 0.7 mm.
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Old 10-28-2019, 07:47 AM
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Dear Spencer:
I note you live is a part of the world that has Harbor Freight stores They have a dial caliper that goes on sale under $15.00 ranger and is a good addition to a paper modelers tool kit.
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A typical cereal box is 0.5mm. The backing of a yellow writing pad is typically about 1mm. For 2mm, I'd go to the nearest art supply store and take a mm ruler with me. Or you could laminated from 1mm card.
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Personal preference is a digital caliper, also at Harbor Freight.
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