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Taber recommends three to four shear cuts at least ½” in length, made on the specimen surface approximately 90° to 120° apart from each other with a width ranging between 0.050″ to 0.100″. Due to the difficulty in cutting grooves of identical width, minor deviations can be compensated for by averaging the measurements.
