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Default Small Weights Scale

On Fri, 30 Aug 2019 15:31:49 -0700
Bob La Londe wrote:

I have three small digital scales, and they have a reasonable margin of
error down to around .25 ounces. Maybe even .125. at 1/8 oz I double
check across all three because sometimes one or another feels a little
"sticky". I can't really justify the cost of a high end lab scale for as
often as I need to weight smaller objects, but I sometimes do need to
weigh small objects. Today down to .015625. 1/64th of an ounce. Two
of my scales round to the hundredth, and most of the time that's "good
enough." On these they both read .02. That's a huge margin of error.
The third scale that gives resolution to the thousandth didn't even
register the object in normal mode. Not surprisingly it is the cheapest
of the three.

I'm looking for something I can keep in my desk when I am doing design
and reverse engineering work to verify those small weights.

Yes this is metalworking related.


I bit on one of these awhile back to weigh airgun pellets and such:

https://www.amazon.com/Frankford-Ars.../dp/B002BDOHNA

Reviews for it were okay at the time. I've only used it a few times, it
worked okay. Figured I wouldn't be out much $$ if it failed...

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Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI