What do y'all use for e-scrap scales? With no decent e-scrap remotely close to me, I'm thinking about trying to buy boards from local guys. What sort of scales should I look for? Doesn't have to be certified, just will be a reference point for me.
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What do y'all use for e-scrap scales? With no decent e-scrap remotely close to me, I'm thinking about trying to buy boards from local guys. What sort of scales should I look for? Doesn't have to be certified, just will be a reference point for me.
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good question--like that info myself. thanks for asking.
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Look at the "similar threads" links at bottom ; ) I have an old shipping scale bought at auction for $25 with some other stuff. It weighs in 1/10 oz up to 30 # and in 1/2 up to 70.
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I use one of these.
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I have a 100lb scale I bought from Staples that's worked pretty well for me so far. I think it was like $110 on sale. If you save up ink cartridges to bring back, you can get $2 store credit each to use towards it. Or, if you want to get a really nice one, I think they have up to 400lb ones on the Staples website
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I use a cheap one from ebay that cost a little over $20 and weighs up to 70lbs. If it gets broken then its not much of a loss. Mike.
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Check for yourself, it depends on how much extra money you have to spend on it. I use a 70 pounder.
Alot of what I weigh is in the 25 - 50 lb range. Mine is an Ultra ship 70 and I've had it about 2 years now.
I know Olddude bought one (don't know what kind) and it went haywire the next month.
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When I send something to my buyer, My weights are really close to what they come up with.
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I bought mine on e-bay for 40.00 plus 10.00 shipping. It weighs up to 360lbs works on 110 volts or 9 volt battery. I've had it for over a year and works great. It weighs in 1/10th of a lbs.
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I pulled one of those doctors office scales out of the trash a few months ago, it didn't cost me a penny and it works great:
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Nice pull from the trash. I have one that I paid about $400 for new when I bought it. It is incredibly accurate.Originally Posted by Gravitar
I pulled one of those doctors office scales out of the trash a few months ago, it didn't cost me a penny and it works great:
For most items I have a postal scale bought from E-bay that goes to 50 pounds. I have 2 of them. One on the bench and one in the truck. For larger items I have another type of shipping scale that goes to 150 pounds. It can set on the floor and has a readout that is remote. You can hang it on the wall behind it. Not wireless, but it has a phone cord connecting the 2 units. This unit. Used Pelouze 4010 Receiving Digital Platform Scale 150 lb x 60kg x 2 lb x 1kg | eBay
I got it for $8 at a garage sale. Great buy. Difference is the smaller postal scale will weigh to the ounce or smaller. When you move up the weight scale, the increments change such as this scale reads one decimal point of a pound. So the postal scale may weigh up at 1 pound 7 ounces, the next scale weighs in at 1.5 pounds.
Similar to when you drive over the scale at the shred yard and it measures in 20 pound increments. The larger the weight limit, the larger the increments.
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Looking at scales that measure grains, grams etc. These seem awful cheap but wanting recommendations: gram scale .01 | eBay
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I bought an Accuteck DreamWhite 86 Lbs Digital Postal scale from ebay. It has served me very well. I have had it for 3 months and use it every day. I also take it with me to pick ups so I can weigh when I pick up.
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...I have 3 scales. An old fashioned metal food scale, you would see in a old time deli. I refinished it and fixed it up, neat scale. Not bad for 3 bucks at a yard sale. A scale you'd use to weigh yourself I use for boxes an big items, as it weighs up to..400lbs or so. An my favorite an most used...a digital food scale from CVS for 10 bucks..lol. Was on sale when I bought it for 5. Weighs in grams, oz's and lbs. Not good for weighing heavy stuff but sure is nice when I want to know what a hd board weighs, cpu, etc. I use all 3 quite regularly, they all have proven useful. the bathroom scale was free from a yard sale, an works just fine, same with the newer digital food one. Only one that is off by a lb or so is the old metal food one, but hey..it looks cool an I know that its off by a lb or so.
These will do I till pull the trigger on getting a newer and bigger one for the shop.
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This is what is use, i just send a bin to the Yard, whit 6780 lb and it was off by almost noting .
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ginofrater - I'm not sure you can attach images from your google account. At least, I can't see them.
"Let's see...it's about 1642lbs"
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Im glad this thread was directly below my last post.I was just about to ask the same thing...
I use four sets of scales.
For my small items like chips and memory, I have a digital gram scale. It weighs up to 3.5 lbs in grams or lbs and ounces. It's also great for weighing out the results when breaking down an item and checking the outcomes of different metals. I picked it up for $1 at a yard sale and haven't even had to change the battery in 2 years.
My wife surprised me for Christmas and bought me a digital platform scale. I can put the platform on the floor and the readout can go on the wall or workbench. It's also portable because it can be powered by a 9 volt battery. It's a Royal DG200 and weighs up to 200 lbs. I think they are available on amazon for around $50.
If I get over the 200 lb mark or for weighing something greasy or hard to handle, I can roll it up on my 1800's railroad scale. It's an upright platform scale on wheels with brass slides. The main body of the scale and the platform floor are wooden. I have up to 500 lb weights to add to it. It still has the original railroad name stenciled on the upright post.
Lastly, for anything really heavy, I just swing by my local farmer's cooperative. They have a scale that I can weigh a semi on if I need to. The only drawback to this one is if you're weighing high value things like copper and have a low weight. These scales typically weigh in increments of 20 lbs, so you could lose a bit if you're close to halfway in between and it hits the downside weight.
I have a lead weight that I weighed at the post office that weighs 30 lbs. I marked the weight on it and weighed it on my two scales at home. One showed 31 lbs and the other 30. I wrote these weights on it also and identified which scale I was using for each. Now I know that if I'm weighing on my antique scale, I'm around a pound lighter than it shows. This helps in figuring shipping costs.
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The main benefits of NTEP approved scales is that these scale provide accurate results and also the companies which offering NTEP approved scale provide surety about accuracy and other features that they offer.
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