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I've carried a dozen or so beech packers around in my tool box for years (maple is a rarity here). Useful for all sorts of things - even if it's just for wedging doors open. The other absolute must in a carpenters tool box over here is a selection of plastic "horseshoe" packers (or shims) which are used to install joinery work but which can equally be used to measure and set stuff such as door reveals, plunge depths on routers, etc. They come in 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 10mm thicknesses, all colour coded:
