Scales?

[BTCat]

I know there are some of you who have their own scales. I'm curious about what kind, what the weight limit is and about how much it costs. I wouldn't mind having one, but it would have to be cheap. Bet I could get one at the police auction ;D

Trivia: Did you know a nickel weights between 4.7 and 5.0 grams? Did you know a nickel is often heavier than a quarter even though a quarter is supposed to weigh in at around 5.678 grams? Did you know a dime is supposed to weigh half as much as a nickel?

My newest foamie with bare foam and no electronics weighs in at 2 nickels, 1 dime and 7 quarters. For those of you who took advanced math in 3rd grade, you should be able to tell me the weight of my foamie ;D

[19000rpm]

TRIVIA: Did you know you repeated yourself up there ? ;D

TRIVIA: Your plane weighs less than a humming bird but more than a fruit bat.

I bet you two nickles, one dime and 7 quarters you have too much time on your hands. ;D

[akent]

Heehee!!

That would be a mighty heavy humming bird or a fruit bat.

Best I can tell, a hummingbird weighs a little less than a nickel.
The Mexican Fruit Bats that we have in Texas weigh in at about 2 quarters.

BT, 1.8 ounces seems very light. That's the same as a whole huge family of hummingbirds, or several of them thar bats!

[19000rpm]

Mar 22, 2010 10:49:48 GMT -6 akent said:

Heehee!!

That would be a mighty heavy humming bird or a fruit bat.

Best I can tell, a hummingbird weighs a little less than a nickel.
The Mexican Fruit Bats that we have in Texas weigh in at about 2 quarters.

BT, 1.8 ounces seems very light. That's the same as a whole huge family of hummingbirds, or several of them thar bats!

LOL I knew Kent would do the math.

[BTCat]

Mar 22, 2010 6:22:59 GMT -6 19000rpm said:

TRIVIA: Did you know you repeated yourself up there ? ;D

TRIVIA: Your plane weighs less than a humming bird but more than a fruit bat.

I bet you two nickles, one dime and 7 quarters you have too much time on your hands. ;D

WTH? Must have screwed up when I cut and pasted. On the other hand, I think it just might be your imagination, 19. I don't see a thing wrong with it ;D

[BTCat]

Yeah, I figured Kent would do the math (and Sol, too. Where is Sol anyway?)

BUT I distracted you from the real question. Who has scales and what kind and capacity?

[Solitaire]

Just got back from an extra long weekend, so I missed all the math excitement. Besides, WTH do I know about what a gnat weighs ;D

BT, I have two similar scales to this one. One has graduations in .1g to 1kg and the other in .01g to 300g. I use the more accurate one for weighing blades and the other for weighing larger items. Both have worked well and are certainly cheap.

cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280418944342&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

[coffinsnail]

Mar 22, 2010 19:46:07 GMT -6 Solitaire said:

Just got back from an extra long weekend, so I missed all the math excitement. Besides, WTH do I know about what a gnat weighs ;D

BT, I have two similar scales to this one. One has graduations in .1g to 1kg and the other in .01g to 300g. I use the more accurate one for weighing blades and the other for weighing larger items. Both have worked well and are certainly cheap.

cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280418944342&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

whats the .01 gram one? id like to find one at a good price that does .01

[Solitaire]

The .01 I got was last summer and I can't find it again, Coffin.
This one looks identical, but only goes to 200g

cgi.ebay.com/200g-x-0-01g-Mini-Digital-Jewelry-Pocket-GRAM-Scale-LCD_W0QQitemZ320477851730QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a9df7f052

I'll look further for another 300g

This one looks different than mine, but should be OK

cgi.ebay.com/0-01-300g-Mini-Digital-Jewelry-Balance-Pocket-Scale-new_W0QQitemZ180462847625QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2a046c8689

[akent]

The 0.01 gram digital scale I also bought off of Ebay for next to nothing. It works great. Mine looks like a CD case. I always thought that part was odd.

My larger scale goes up to 6 kilograms at a 0.1 gram resolution. This is a 'My Weigh' Chinese scale that has been great. I don't remember where I bought it. I've had it for several years.
Kent

[dubehigh]

BT, how much dose a dime bag weigh? i use to remember back in the 70's. and how much it worth today

[fireguzzi]

Mar 23, 2010 12:28:45 GMT -6 dubehigh said:

BT, how much dose a dime bag weigh? i use to remember back in the 70's. and how much it worth today

Well..... 2 grams and $10 in 1999

These days I wouldn't know. I do know that I probably gain 3 or 4 lbs. a week from beer and wine consumption.

[BTCat]

Thanks for the input guys. I have a couple marked on ebay. I'll probably get one when I get a few extra bucks. I wasn't sure if scales that cheap were worth a crap, but seems like you have had pretty good luck with them.

Now, Dube and Fire, I have no idea what you are talking about

Kent, I can ask the guy at work who told me about using nickels as calibration tools. I'll bet he will know exactly why it is disgussed as a CD case. ;D