Am looking to purchase a scale to weigh various parts up to 5 lbs or so. NOT for reloading. Would prefer ounces & pounds, but I can do math if grams is all that is available. Not looking to spend a fortune but not looking for a cheap hunk of junk. Recommendations???
Haunt flea markets until you find an old postal scale. Or maybe check fleabay.
I deli, meat scale will work.
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Check the digital scales at walmart in the cooking section.
Go now and pour yourself a hot one...
Check pawn shops for refrigerant scales. Will weigh up to 50# and also ounces down to tenths of ounce.
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I've had this one for 15 years. Never changed the battery and never had a problem. Has a choice between grams and lb/oz and oz to 2 decimal places.
https://www.amazon.com/Escali-Digita...ps%2C75&sr=8-5
Picked up kitchen scale (digital) at a garage sale for a buck. Works great with 5 lb. capacity to fraction of a ounce GW
We have used this same scale for a few years. it has served us well.Originally Posted by ddeck22
the digital scales like for sale at Walmart, same club, Costco for weighing packages are pretty accurate and can display pounds or kilos. they are pretty much a bathroom scale with either a corded display or wireless display.
I also have this one (Escali) and LOVE it. It goes up to 11 lbs.
I bought mine from a Homebrew store in 2007, when I started Brewing beer. I use it in the kitchen with common recipes all the time. Hasn't failed me yet. I have replaced the battery.
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That Escali one goes up to 11 lbs. Depending on the accuracy you want (1 g), most of those postal scales do 1-2 oz since they go up to 50 lbs.
Been using this one for about 3 years. About $19 & up to 11lbs. Not sure if it does lbs but I know it does ounces & grams.
https://www.amazon.com/Etekcity-Kitc...6&sr=8-11&th=1
A beam scale is accurate to 1/4 ounce (weighing pewter here). Beam scales are robust, cheap, and widely available. Making check weights (1# and 2# in blue boxes with 5# attainable), counterweight calibration, and finding a suitable pan takes some imagination...
If it was easy, anybody could do it.
Bought a $25 "postal" scale years ago . Matches the PO lady's weight every time. Had a grocery scale - dropped it off at the dump - too bulky and too heavy.
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