I think you missed a zero for your paper thickness. Common note paper is about .0035" -.0040" thick. I use it all the time to touch off on the work piece in the mill and when the tool catches it, you know you are .004" off zero.
Yep. Thanks for the correction. I remembered how I did it before and looked it up and it spit out .035... mm LOL that pesky metric system.
Whatever the method, it's easier to prop them open than fighting with that screw head in the baseplate. Once you got it, make adjust the screw to spec.