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gram scales what kind?

updated tue 28 oct 03

 

Llewellyn Kouba on thu 23 oct 03


I am curious about the Acculab gram scale. How many people have tried this
one and is it worth the money? I thought it might be a real nice bit of
equipment instead of pushing the little weights around on a regular
scale. Any input on likes or dislikes on digital scales would be
appreciated. I am making out my fall order for supplies/clay etc.

Llewellyn

Neil Grant on fri 24 oct 03


Ours weigh to one tenth of a gramm and have been spot on for over ten
years now. we had even more accurate ones but they were hopeless in
practice because natural air movements kept them hunting and it was a
pain to cage them. One gram scales are ok as well because they are
quite cheap now but you need to establish methods of quartering to get
less than 1 gram quantities. The 2 kilogramm versions are the ones as
well.

Neil Grant
Ceramics
Otago Polytechnic
Dunedin
New Zealand

www.tekotago.ac.nz/art/ceram03

>>> lkouba@ASSUMPTIONABBEY.COM 10/24/03 10:33a.m. >>>
I am curious about the Acculab gram scale. How many people have tried
this
one and is it worth the money? I thought it might be a real nice bit
of
equipment instead of pushing the little weights around on a regular
scale. Any input on likes or dislikes on digital scales would be
appreciated. I am making out my fall order for supplies/clay etc.

Llewellyn

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Gene and Dolita Dohrman on fri 24 oct 03


Just looked up the Acculab scales on the web. There are many models and
some are priced at 4 figures. LLewelyn, which particular model are you
looking at? Neil, which one do you use? Dolita

dohrman@insightbb.com
Louisville, KY

Nick Molatore on sun 26 oct 03


I was looking for a less expensive option to the standard Ohaus 3 beam
balance and found the following:
http://www.balances.com/myweigh/3beam.html
It has worked great for several years.
-Nick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Grant"
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: Gram Scales what kind?


> Ours weigh to one tenth of a gramm and have been spot on for over ten
> years now. we had even more accurate ones but they were hopeless in
> practice because natural air movements kept them hunting and it was a
> pain to cage them. One gram scales are ok as well because they are
> quite cheap now but you need to establish methods of quartering to get
> less than 1 gram quantities. The 2 kilogramm versions are the ones as
> well.
>
> Neil Grant
> Ceramics
> Otago Polytechnic
> Dunedin
> New Zealand
>
> www.tekotago.ac.nz/art/ceram03
>
> >>> lkouba@ASSUMPTIONABBEY.COM 10/24/03 10:33a.m. >>>
> I am curious about the Acculab gram scale. How many people have tried
> this
> one and is it worth the money? I thought it might be a real nice bit
> of
> equipment instead of pushing the little weights around on a regular
> scale. Any input on likes or dislikes on digital scales would be
> appreciated. I am making out my fall order for supplies/clay etc.
>
> Llewellyn
>
>
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wayneinkeywest on mon 27 oct 03


Nick,
Not my intention to get into a peeing ocntest about
who paid what, but I too recently looked for an
inexpensive scale and found plenty on ebay
from an outfit called oldwillknot or cheap scales .com.
I paid just over $69 for mine, including the weights.
Wayne Seidl

> I was looking for a less expensive option to the standard Ohaus 3 beam
> balance and found the following:
> http://www.balances.com/myweigh/3beam.html
> It has worked great for several years.
> -Nick

nancy patterson on mon 27 oct 03


I bought the MyWeigh digital 5000 gram scale from the bigceramicstore.com
for $60 and love it! The first few times I used it I backed it up with an
old triple beam and it was spot on! and soooooo easy!
nancy


On 10/27/03 12:00 AM, "Nick Molatore" wrote:

> I was looking for a less expensive option to the standard Ohaus 3 beam
> balance and found the following:
> http://www.balances.com/myweigh/3beam.html
> It has worked great for several years.
> -Nick
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Neil Grant"
> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 6:01 PM
> Subject: Re: Gram Scales what kind?
>
>
>> Ours weigh to one tenth of a gramm and have been spot on for over ten
>> years now. we had even more accurate ones but they were hopeless in
>> practice because natural air movements kept them hunting and it was a
>> pain to cage them. One gram scales are ok as well because they are
>> quite cheap now but you need to establish methods of quartering to get
>> less than 1 gram quantities. The 2 kilogramm versions are the ones as
>> well.
>>
>> Neil Grant
>> Ceramics
>> Otago Polytechnic
>> Dunedin
>> New Zealand
>>
>> www.tekotago.ac.nz/art/ceram03
>>
>>>>> lkouba@ASSUMPTIONABBEY.COM 10/24/03 10:33a.m. >>>
>> I am curious about the Acculab gram scale. How many people have tried
>> this
>> one and is it worth the money? I thought it might be a real nice bit
>> of
>> equipment instead of pushing the little weights around on a regular
>> scale. Any input on likes or dislikes on digital scales would be
>> appreciated. I am making out my fall order for supplies/clay etc.
>>
>> Llewellyn
>>
>>
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