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Believe it or not, in some districts triple beam scales are considered drug paraphernalia. I got one from my Chemistry class and that is what our teacher told us. I do not have it any longer....
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Good grief. Why didn't I ask here first? Thanks TL55933 for the tip about Cabila's. I have been getting their catalog for many, many years and never thought of them for a scale. I'm amazed at how many people have all this info on scales. I too have a few scales from chem classes but I just wanted to update to something more modern.
As for the sceptics I find it interesting to find out how much wear a coin has or how much additional weight was formed by toning or accumulated dirt. Also, interesting to see if the Mint is really using what they claim. Again, Thanks for all the web sites on scales. Now I just have to figure out which one to try.
Update from Top Line Digital Scales was one more email saying for sure no upgrade, no scale, no charge. However, I paid for return postage and almost 60 pages of paper.
As to Harlan J. Berk. I live in the general area. I USED to go there all the time. USED to be my favorite place. I was in there so often they knew me as soon as I walked in. In the last few years they have become over priced, lots of cleaned coins, rude salespeople, shotage of decent merchandise. I think this latest coin craze has made them goofy. I don't go there anymore.
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Originally posted by Silver Dollar
i just bought a digital scale off of ebay for $39.95. I used a reloading scale for years and this new scale from ebay is quite an improvement. It weighs in grams, ounces, troy ounces or pennyweight. It has a 1000 gram capability. Highly accurate and easy to use.
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Originally posted by Morgan Fred
 with Terry. There is a LOT more danger when reloading cartridges, so a powder scale needs to be highly accurate and measure to a very fine degree, i.e., in tenths of a grain. I believe most modern digital powder scales will also switch to grams which would then measure down to at least 1/100th or 1/1000th of a gram. ebay also offers a number of powder scales
Hope your right. I just ordered one of those. With everything it comes out to be about half of what that other non working one would have cost. Thanks for the info. |
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What ever you do, don't use a bathroom scale. My wife says they are all off by 20 lbs.  Jim |
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Originally posted by p91
wow! Off the grid. that is really great. my brother works in the solar industry.
I think my RV park has bought a controlling interest in the solar industry. I have three 80 watt panels myself, others have as many as eight online. Virtually every one of the 35 permanent resident RVs here use solar to one degree or another including several who use solar power exclusively - the rest of us use generators for night and cloudy days. Your brother would be very pleased. The nearest commercial power line (not counting the 750kv line 1/2-mi away from Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station) is about 25 miles away, so we don't have much choice, not that we want it anyway. Fred |
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Originally posted by just carl
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Originally posted by Morgan Fred
with Terry. There is a LOT more danger when reloading cartridges, so a powder scale needs to be highly accurate and measure to a very fine degree, i.e., in tenths of a grain. I believe most modern digital powder scales will also switch to grams which would then measure down to at least 1/100th or 1/1000th of a gram. ebay also offers a number of powder scales
Hope your right. I just ordered one of those. With everything it comes out to be about half of what that other non working one would have cost. Thanks for the info.
I'm pretty sure it will do the job for you.  Terry |
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Originally posted by SuperDave
I have one of these:
http://www.digiweighusa.com/Article...ArticleID=53
It certainly seems to do the trick for me.
I went to that web site and spent a lot of time there. Lots of nice looking scales. What I could not find was how much they cost. It appears that is the only thing they don't mention. Also, couldn't find how to contact them to find out how much. With all my bad luck with scales I would almost like to order a few of them just to be safe. I'm the kind of nut that has at least two of everything. |
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Hi Carl--
I lose patience with websites which don't post their prices for their products. Like this site, the only means by which price can be determined is to actually start the order process. If I got the right model (and I'm not sure I did based on Dave's price; also the descriptions don't match), it's $85.
Fred
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Originally posted by Morgan Fred
Hi Carl--
I lose patience with websites which don't post their prices for their products. Like this site, the only means by which price can be determined is to actually start the order process. If I got the right model (and I'm not sure I did based on Dave's price; also the descriptions don't match), it's $85.
Fred
That's retail; the judicious shopper can find it for much less. I was all set to take your recommendation, Fred, and get a reloading scale, until I remembered I'd asked for the scale I now have for Christmas. My wife gets me everything I ask for Christmas.  |
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quote:
Originally posted by just carl
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Originally posted by Silver Dollar
i just bought a digital scale off of ebay for $39.95. I used a reloading scale for years and this new scale from ebay is quite an improvement. It weighs in grams, ounces, troy ounces or pennyweight. It has a 1000 gram capability. Highly accurate and easy to use.
Which one did you buy??
just carl, This is the link to the scale I bought and I really like it. http://cgi.ebay.com/Digital-Jewelry...es_W0QQitemZ150080489986QQihZ005QQcategoryZ34088QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem |
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I just sent in for one scale noted on this post and would like to get a second one. So many to chose from it's getting difficult to decide which one. This is a really great web site for information.
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I bought this scale better than two years ago on ebay to weigh grams of gold, and I've used it to weigh coins as well. I don't know if it's just a good product, or an exception to the rule, but it is still working as good as the day I received it. Can't recall the exact price now, but it was somewhere around 30 or 40 bucks. Ralph Image:  pocket scale.jpg41.79 KB |
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 These scales seem to follow me from one sport or hobby to another. I bought them about 20 years ago to balance my arrows, when I was into archery. Making every arrow weigh the same helped with consistant height on the target. Then a few years later I gave up archery and took up pistol shooting. Making my own rounds, I needed the scales again to weigh the powder. Until I bought an automatic machine that did just about everything with one pull of the handle. Now I only use these scales to weigh coins. What I like about them, is they are very accurate and never need batteries. Steve  |
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