Factory spec for cutting the nut slots?

With normal string heights for a steel stringed guitar at the 12th fret , a nut cut to same heights

We're talking perhaps a couple of thousandths of an inch gap The point of this method, is that the nut slots can be adjusted irrespective of

nut slot depth Ideally, the string sits in a slot about half the height of the string If the slot is deeper than that, some material can come off the top

nut slot files Nut: Check nut slots height by pressing down at second fret OR: watch string at 12th fret when you