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- Subject: Re: Small scales/balances for N scale work?
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 09:15:58 GMT
- Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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- >>> Subject: Small scales/balances for N scale work?
- >>>
- >>> I'm starting to do some repowering on several of my N Scale locomotives.
- >>> One on the items I want to work on is weight. Therefore I need to
- >>> acquire some device to measure weight. Since N scale is small, I'm
- >
- >Check Edmund Scientific. They have a scale which does 0-500 grams in 10gm
- >increments for $20.95.
- >
-
- I have had to deal with this problem for years in my research on fish.
- Unfortunately, I have yet to find a really good solution. I am always
- looking for an electronic balance that can weigh to +/- .5 gram and is
- cheap enough to take in the field where it might get smashed. I haven't
- found one yet. Several years ago, Phillips made a nice one that could
- do +/- 1 gram and ran on batteries and cost $50. They made it for people
- who REALLY wanted to know exactly how much they were eating. Evidentally,
- not enough people cared that much so they stopped making
- it. I found another type a few years ago in a "Nature/Science" store
- for $80 that does 1.5 g. It's made in Hong Kong and has no brand name.
- The only words on the box are "Electronic Digital Scale" so that's not
- much help. The surprising thing is I checked it out against a very
- expensive Sartorius lab balance and the thing is right on. [Plus it
- has a built in Alarm, Clock and Calculator :) ] So, I guess the places
- to try are Nature/Science stores and trendy health food stores
- The other option are Pesola spring balances (which are very much
- like the kind of spring balance fishermen use to weigh their catch).
- There are some that can weigh to the gram but they cost a fair bit
- (at least $20-30) and they would be tough to use since you have to
- suspend the object to be weighed. For the money, I'd get an
- electronic balance.
- -- Ron
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