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Searching for a scale accurate to .1g
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:33 pm
by Shelley Lewis
Can anyone give me any recommendations? Thanks!
Re: Searching for a scale accurate to .1g
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 2:31 pm
by lbailey
Have ordered and used several scales from these guys with good results:
http://www.oldwillknottscales.com/gold-scales.html
Lots to choose from, YMMV.....
Re: Searching for a scale accurate to .1g
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 2:37 pm
by beninfl
There's a billion of them on Amazon. I like the "Blade" scale, accuracy is what your looking for, and goes up to 2.2Lbs in weight. There's larger capacities, I just dont need it yet. $9
Re: Searching for a scale accurate to .1g
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2014 10:44 am
by Laurie Spray
I use a triple balance beam scale from my pottery glaze mixing days.
Re: Searching for a scale accurate to .1g
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 7:11 pm
by kittyboy
The OHAUS Triple Beam Balance is a solid and time tested standard for up to 2610g. Additional Counter weights increase the 610g amount that can be weighed. The scales are extremely accurate and will out live most of us.
kittyboy
Re: Searching for a scale accurate to .1g
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 9:56 pm
by Morganica
eBay. Spent too many years messing with my daggone beam scale, so I use digital scales, bought all on eBay. My Ohaus is accurate to .1g and weighs up to a bit less than a pound (400g). I mostly use it for mixing precise amounts of frit/powder, and use a postal scale for heavier things (silicone, refractory plasters, etc.).
Re: Searching for a scale accurate to .1g
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 11:56 am
by Barry Kaiser
Harbor Freight
Re: Searching for a scale accurate to .1g
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 5:12 pm
by Morganica
Barry Kaiser wrote:Harbor Freight
Barry, normally Harbor Freight is the first place I'll head, and their digital scales aren't bad for heavier things. The ones I've seen there, though, couldn't maintain that level of accuracy.
Re: Searching for a scale accurate to .1g
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 5:31 pm
by Barry Kaiser
Morganica wrote:Barry Kaiser wrote:Harbor Freight
Barry, normally Harbor Freight is the first place I'll head, and their digital scales aren't bad for heavier things. The ones I've seen there, though, couldn't maintain that level of accuracy.
Au contaire,
I still work with some lapidary rough and have a carat scale. Checking the HF gram scale against the carat scale shows a very good accuracy to .1 gm.
Barry
Re: Searching for a scale accurate to .1g
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 7:51 pm
by Morganica
Hmmm, they must have upgraded. I got one there a few years back, supposedly that accurate, and at 7 or 8 grams it still registered .25gm, so I gave up on it.
Good to know.
Re: Searching for a scale accurate to .1g
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 2:16 am
by charlie
HF is hit or miss. the quality control from item to item, even identical shipments, is off. look through some of the bins of items, and you can pick out the lemons of the group. it wouldn't surprise me that 2 scales wouldn't have near the same accuracy. they do have a good return policy though, so i'd measure or use something a bunch when new to see if it's going to hold up or be what is needed.