Helllll on sun 6 jul 97
i know where i can get a Ohaus triple beam scale for dirt cheap or
free....
the problem is "they" say it is off, not accurate, maybe dropped or
something...
do you know if these scales could be fixed.... or any such knowlege...
or is it bound for the garbage>>>??????
hank
Louis Katz on mon 7 jul 97
There is somewhere out there that rebuilds Ohaus triple beams for half
the price new. I have heard of this being done and the results were
apparently satisfactory.
I have purchased new "bearings" for my scale and replaced them myself and
have never been quite satisfied with the result. For the $120 bucks I
would vote "NEW SCALE". More accuracy allows for smaller test batch sizes.
Louis
Louis Katz
Texas A&M University Corpus Campus
lkatz@falcon.tamucc.edu
http://www.tamucc.edu/~lkatz
Jim Duffy on mon 7 jul 97
Why would you worry if the scale is "off". If you set the scale to read
10gm, and it really gives you 10.25gm, you will have the same
discrepency for every indgredient you put into a glaze. In other words,
you'll end up with maybe a 105gm batch instead of a 100gm batch.
The accuracy difference in measuring a large batch (10000gm) is even
less significant.
The accuracy of an Ohaus scale that is "off" is still greater then many
you can buy new.
Helllll wrote:
> ----------------------------Original
> message----------------------------
> i know where i can get a Ohaus triple beam scale for dirt cheap or
> free....
> the problem is "they" say it is off, not accurate, maybe dropped or
> something...
> do you know if these scales could be fixed.... or any such knowlege...
>
> or is it bound for the garbage>>>??????
>
> hank
Bill Aycock on mon 7 jul 97
At 12:16 PM 7/6/97 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>i know where i can get a Ohaus triple beam scale for dirt cheap or
>free....
>the problem is "they" say it is off, not accurate, maybe dropped or
>something...
>do you know if these scales could be fixed.... or any such knowlege...
>or is it bound for the garbage>>>??????
>
>hank
>
Hank- unless there is something broken, it almost certainly can be fixed.
In fact- I would be willing to pay shipping and a small fee to get it
myself, to fix just for fun.
Bill-on Persimmon Hill, where there are already balances, ranging from the
O'haus type up to a beam-type baby scale that is great for weighing larger
quantities of clay and glazes, (and things like cats).
Bill Aycock --- Persimmon Hill --- Woodville, Alabama, US
--- (in the N.E. corner of the State)
also-- W4BSG -- Grid EM64vr baycock@hiwaay.net
Fay & Ralph Loewenthal on mon 7 jul 97
Hank, I would have a look at the scales in question and
see how much damage is there. Often it takes very
little ingenuity to fix, and sometimes one can just adjust
the tare weight to correct the problem. Hope this helps
Ralph in a chilly PE SA
Jennifer Boyer on tue 8 jul 97
One problem I had with my very old ohaus scale was that the bar end would
stick in the housing when I put too much weight in the scoop. I solved
this by putting a piece of duct tape across the opening so the bar end
would hit the tape instead of the top of the housing. Good ole duct
tape....
Jennifer
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Hank, I would have a look at the scales in question and
>see how much damage is there. Often it takes very
>little ingenuity to fix, and sometimes one can just adjust
>the tare weight to correct the problem. Hope this helps
>Ralph in a chilly PE SA
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Jennifer Boyer
Thistle Hill Pottery
Montpelier, Vt. 05602
jboyer@plainfield.bypass.com
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