[meteorite-list] Digital scales?

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:15:49 -0500
Message-ID: <e51421550904231815r210b5eebmc5aae05aeb27525e_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Linton,

I use two scales - one for micromounts that weighs down to 1mg and has
a maximum of 10g.

For heavier stuff, I use a digital kitchen scale that weighs from 1gr
to 10 pounds.

Both are eBay finds with no recognizable brand-name. I find that both
are accurate enough for my purposes. I paid $20 for the little
milligram scale and $25 for the kitchen scale. I don't recall what
vendor I bought the small scale from, but here is a link to the seller
I got the kitchen scale from. The vendor is a good one - packed the
scale very well and shipped it out quick.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260395354925

You might try checking his store for a similar scale that is more
sensitive that doesn't go all the way up to 10#. I like this one
because it has a bowl that makes it easy to dump large quantities of
small specimens onto the scale and then back into a bag or other
container.

The more expensive scales don't offer that much more and are more
expensive to replace if they fall onto the floor and break.

Best regards,

MikeG


On 4/23/09, Linton Rohr <lintonius at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Greetings listees.
> I'm wondering if anyone has an extra digital scale they'd like to sell
> OR one they would like to recommend.
> I currently only have an old Ohaus Dial-o-gram triple beam. Not bad, but...
> I'd like to have something that can handle 250-500 grams with a readout of
> .01 grams, if available.
> A pocket or small desktop unit would be ideal.
> I've been looking around a little bit, and the plethora of options is a bit
> overwhelming.
> Thank you and good evening.
> Linton
>
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