weighing scales

What do you guys use to weigh your planes with during and after construction? I am looking for a nice simple way to weigh my planes, without buying a electronic scale. Any ideas?

You might look for a larger postal scale. I have a small one that weighs up to 2 or 2.5 pounds and was pretty cheap at an office supply place. I could use a larger one up that weighs up to 5 or 6 pounds. I also have a small digital postal scale that weighs in grams up to a pound or so, and use it for weighing wood and small parts. It was about $20 at Office Max.

Thanks kd, I didn't think of the office supply places. Great suggestion. The price sounds about right, but I didn't think about needing two scales. No problem, I can see the advantages now. I'll be looking at them after the weekend, thanks again.........

.......Greg

I use digital fishing scales that I purchased from Bass Pro Shop. It goes up to 10 pounds and gives the weight to the nearest ounce. Works good for me.

I use a cheap digital kitchen scale that weighs metric or imperial.

2 Kg to an accuracy of 1 g (70 oz at 0.5 oz accuracy) that came from Jaycar, an electronics hobby store in Oz similar to Radio Shack. They are made in China so someone must have similar stuff in the US.

1. Some brass thing with a big round dial, from the '30s, maybe. Garage sale.

2. For a pound and under, a postage scale. Estate sale from a modeling buddy.

Digital postage scale, it's free and sits in the lobby of the post office down the street! Get some funny looks, but just tell 'em that you are checking to see how much it cost to ship. Works great on the kids Pinewood Derby cars too!

>Digital postage scale, it's free and sits in the lobby of
>the post office down the street! Get some funny looks,

SNIP

Forgive me the funy stuff, but I'm practicing my HTML...
Anyhow, I use the digital scale at the MAMA ROSA RESTAURANT right around the corner. The gor scared when I brought the OS.25VFplus the pipe and header and tank, they asked me iof it wasn't a bomb. By now the aks me sow's the new ship commin'  out, etc.
I has a 5 gram precision, which is good enough for me/

Ion (Making my homepage) Muniz

I bought an Escali digital postal scale #63D from a local vendor off eB*y. It ranges up to 6lb and measures in either grams or lbs/oz. We used it extensively to check in the Cub Scout's Pinewood Derby cars (max 5 oz). Cost me about $50.

Thanks you guys, it just didn't occur to me to look at the postal type scales. When I thought of "electronic scales", a $180 Dillon powder scale kept popping into my head. All the suggestions are very reasonably priced, excellent .

LAST EDITED ON May-31-04 AT 00:38 AM (CDT)
 
Yo Greg,

Stand on your bathroom scales without the plane...then WITH the plane and take the difference....HA.

You aint building anything at the moment anyway...so why ask??..or are those Swordsmans getting a little on the porky side? HA HAAAAAA!!!

When you gonna build a MANS plane??

OH yeah, I just read your post on the Mustang.....if you build yours before mine...>I will eat my one with glee.....mine is 60%done....yours is still new in box I believe.....better get going!!!

Wynn;)

LAST EDITED ON May-31-04 AT 08:53 AM (CDT)
 
>OH yeah, I just read your post on the Mustang.....if you
>build yours before mine...>I will eat my one with
>glee.....mine is 60%done....yours is still new in box I
>believe.....better get going!!!
>
>Wynn;)

Is that a challenge!? I hope you like the taste of foam and balsa smothered in castor oil! ps, I wont make you eat your engine

As for the scales, FFS!

later glue boy

Try these.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11814&item=3817791121&rd=1

Hi Christ, I just looked at the scale you linked to. It looks promising. Would this scale be something you would use? Thanks for the heads up, .........Greg

Yes. Only I have an older model which only goes to 3000g. I like to 1 gram resolution and the tare and the hold....you get the picture.

I use the i2600 (2600 grams ~~ 5.5 pounds) from www.myweigh.com - - accurate to .1 gram.

Cost about $135, but it's a once-in-a-lifetime purchase (at least MY lifetime!).

LAST EDITED ON Jun-07-04 AT 02:05 AM (CDT)
 
Tom Morris -- Tom's Building Service, see his ad in Stunt News -- sells a nifty digital scale for $35. I love the one I got from Tom.
--jt