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I just checked mine, and mine starts to catch at .073. My craftsman iron is about .064.  Assuming our gauges are accurate (and our numbers are comparable) it sounds like yours would BARELY grab it. In that case, manufacturing tolerances left me with a blem 

I can lift my Veritas Mk.II jig with a .013 feeler clamped in it. Granted, there would be too much flex to sharpen a tool that thin, but I'll never have slip issues with that jig. Any idea what the advantage is of designing the jig such that "fully closed" has a .073 gap?

I just got my Tormek Ultimate kit and was eager to start sharpening. Realizing that there might be a bit of a learning curve, I wanted to start on a plane iron I didn't really care about. I decided to try to resurrect an old craftsman jack plane that a friend had given me. ...I couldn't get the square edge jig to hold it! With the jig completely bottomed out (completely compressing the springs) the iron still slid freely. I resolved the issue by wrapping the iron in thick paper, but I didn't expect to have to jury rig a $1200 machine  .

I tried other plane irons, and luckily, this is the only iron I own that's too thin to be held by the square edge jig. Has anyone else had this problem?

Everything else about the machine is great so far