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help! need ohaus scale part

updated fri 17 nov 00

 

Dave Finkelnburg on wed 15 nov 00


Gail,
You might try calling these folks. Found them with a web search. Don't
know the first thing about them. Hope this helps. You might ask Ohaus if
there is a scale repair business in Houston or somewhere closer to you than
Portland.
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southern Idaho


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>From: BTu1690922@AOL.COM
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>To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
>Subject: Help! Need Ohaus Scale Part
>Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 01:05:51 EST
>
>Hello Clayart,
>I have recently moved, am up and running, ran out of some glaze, went to
>mix
>some more...HORROR! My Ohaus triple beam scale is missing a critical part,
>the center poise (pointer). I have contacted Ohaus, they gave me a part
>number (3135-10) and told me it would be $10. The problem is, they won't
>sell me just that one part, there is a $50 minimum. I have searched and
>contacted several other companies, gotten no response. Anyone have an idea
>of where to go to order it fairly quickly without the requirement for a
>minimum? I am dead in the water till I can get more glazes mixed! Thanks
>for any ideas/help.
>Gail Turton
>Gilchrist, TX
>Btu1690922@aol.com
>Parrotpots@aol.com
>
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scott lykens on thu 16 nov 00


if you really gotta have "the part " and dont wanna do the sheet metal
trick(i think its quite crafty and innovative) call laguna, they sell them
and maybe parts or can get the ohous contact # if its not with your scale
information. sct
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>Heck just weigh out 10 g. of a material using the first poise, and then
>using some sheet metal or lead sheet make a poise for the center beam
>trimming it till it balances at the 10g. point. Got to be the most non
>technical fix there is...a balance is a balance, regardless of what is
>balancing...
>
>Tommy
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bruce Girrell"
>To:
>Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 10:21 AM
>Subject: Re: Help! Need Ohaus Scale Part
>
>
> > Gail Turton wrote:
> >
> > >My Ohaus triple beam scale is missing a critical part,
> > >the center poise (pointer)... Anyone have an idea
> > >of where to go to order it fairly quickly without the requirement for a
> > >minimum? I am dead in the water till I can get more glazes mixed!
>Thanks
> > >for any ideas/help.
> >
> > Gail,
> >
> > Would Ohaus be willing to tell you how much that poise weighs? Or
>perhaps
> > you can find someone who has two scales so that they could weigh the
>center
> > poise and let you know how much it weighs? You could then just make a
> > matching weight. All it has to have is a stiff wire or something that
>will
> > let it hang straight down in the little notch properly.
> >
> > Bruce "duct tape and baling wire" Girrell
> >
> >
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