What scale do you own?

49thStateofMind · April 25, 2011 2:26PM

What scale do you own, whats a good one to buy?

123cents · April 25, 2011 2:29PM

I use a DigiWeigh scale.

robkool · April 25, 2011 2:54PM

US Magnum 500 g... Includes a 5 year warranty.

MsMorrisine · April 25, 2011 3:06PM

AMW-100
100 g x 0.01g
""not valid for trade""

Man · April 25, 2011 4:21PM

DigiWeigh DW-100AS

Works great, at Amazon at a great price, 5+ years and no problems.

gsa1fan · April 25, 2011 8:43PM

Old old jewelers balance beam

Obiwancanoli · April 25, 2011 11:33PM

Digi-Weigh for me, too... cheap, accurate, 4 weight modes, backlit, automatic transmission, entertainment package...

ricko · April 26, 2011 12:04AM

AMW.... as above... Great scale... Cheers, RickO

DennisH · April 26, 2011 1:15AM

Sona WC6080 pocket size Digital Scale
0.1-500g (or display can be changed to OZ, DWT, or OZT)

DorkGirl · April 26, 2011 1:25AM

Royal EX3 I bought from the post office.

MrHalfDime · April 26, 2011 1:32AM

In order to determine which scale you need, one must first determine exactly what needs to be weighed and how you intend to use it. For routine mass (weight) measurements of larger denomination coins, some of the digital platform scales recommended here will suffice. However, for accurate weight measurements of the smaller denomination coins (e.g., half dimes @1.34 grams), one would need a scale with higher resolution, accurate to at least 0.01 G. But if one intends to do specific gravity measurements, to determine a coin's authenticity, a platform scale will not do. You will need a balance beam scale such as the O'Haus Cent-O-Gram. This triple beam balance scale has resolution to 0.01 G, and has a removable platform on which to place a beaker of water for critical 'wet' and 'dry' mass measurements required of specific gravity calculations. Certainly it does not lend itself to portability, and use on a coin show bourse, but for critical, accurate, and reliable measurements the Cent-O-Gram should be considered. I have used one for many years with excellent results.

denga · April 26, 2011 1:37AM

I have the Cent-O-Gram scale, perhaps 50 or 60 years old but it weighs to .01 gram with little trouble.

coinlieutenant · April 26, 2011 1:49AM

Don't own one. It just tells me I'm fat.

Barndog · April 26, 2011 2:25AM

I agree with MrHalfDime. I own an O'Haus Cent-O-Gram too.

fastfreddie · April 26, 2011 4:37AM

I use the $40 USPS scale. For large packs. I have an older mechanical scale - hasn't failed me yet (either).

keyman64 · April 26, 2011 5:04AM

I own a TAYLOR. It is good up to 350 pounds. I am getting ready for the 5,000oz Slab-o-Mess Coins the US Mint will put out next year.

MsMorrisine · April 26, 2011 5:06AM

<< Old old jewelers balance beam

>>

I want one of those.

RotatedRainbows · April 26, 2011 6:31AM

<< I agree with MrHalfDime. I own an O'Haus Cent-O-Gram too. >>

Same one I have had for over 25 years, much better then the digital one I have. I Would never consider using anything else after trying both.

renomedphys · April 26, 2011 7:27AM

Just my old drug scale from college

fiveNdime · April 26, 2011 8:51AM

i have a Sartorious (model ???) weighs (displays) to 0.01g and can be easily calibrated.

i like triple beams, but, it is the digital age.

<< Just my old drug scale from college

>>

you didn't trade it? and it still works?

PCcoins · April 26, 2011 9:12AM

Go to the local head shop, that's where I found mine for $14.99. Nice digital scale with LED backlight.

RedneckHB · April 26, 2011 11:27AM

<< US Magnum 500 g... Includes a 5 year warranty. >>

Same here. I weighed over 4000 dwt worth of sterling flatware, plates, saucers, ect. Then took it all to my local B&M to sell. Our weights were only off by 6 dwt.

ArizonaJack · April 26, 2011 11:31AM

<< I agree with MrHalfDime. I own an O'Haus Cent-O-Gram too. >>

Me as well, it is a left over from the 80's. We used to call them triple beams :-)

ambro51 · April 26, 2011 12:11PM

This post on What Scale...got me to thinking.

This seemed to be what I needed, so I hit the BIN.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&rt=nc&nma=true&item=280665557779&si=xBJEEV69XnuXlzqaKdeRyI1y3MI%3D&viewitem=

MrHalfDime · April 26, 2011 12:45PM

Very nice indeed, ambro51. Very nice.

ambro51 · April 26, 2011 1:24PM

You think that one will be ok, eh? I want .01 gram accurate or better.

MrSpud · April 26, 2011 1:34PM

Here's mine

ambro51 · April 26, 2011 1:37PM

digital
schmidgital

I trust gravity!

Weiss · April 26, 2011 1:38PM

Digiweigh. Paid maybe $15 on eBay over 4 years ago. Very accurate, very sensitive, the original batteries still power her.

MrHalfDime · April 26, 2011 8:59PM

"You think that one will be ok, eh? I want .01 gram accurate or better."

I am not familiar with that particular scale, but it is a nice looking instrument. Cool as an antique and decorative piece, if not as a scale. My guess is that it will not be 'better' than 0.01 G resolution, but with a good eye and accurate calibration weights it may be accurate to that weight.

In order to make it useful as a scale, you will need accurate calibration weights. Remember that it is a balance scale, which compares your unknown mass to known calibration masses. The overall accuracy of your scale depends entirely upon the accuracy of your calibration weights. The ones supplied with the scale may be sufficient, and they can be checked using another accurate scale. The masses of the smaller calibration weights supplied with your scale are not designated, so they would also have to be checked. You can purchase sets of calibration weights for not too much money which will make your scale very useful. Check eBay for 'calibration weights' and you will find numerous sets, some very expensive but others not so much.

ambro51 · May 1, 2011 11:38AM

I got this scale in on Saturday, and had time today to work with it. Very much Old School...take your time....but NO batteries to wear out and very trustworthy. A little thingy, it works in "Pennyweight", and has a set of weights, an aluminum one for 1 pennyweight, and brass ones: 2 for 2 PW and 5, 10 and 20 pennyweight. Also, there are about 8 aluminum discs, which are "curved" so you can pick them up easily, and these are stamped 1/2 to 6...and these are in grains. Also handy to use is a modern lincoln cent, this is 2.5 grams.

So, in use, I suspended it from a wooden dowel at my desk, put the subject coin on one tray, then the 1 pennyweight weight (24 grains), and added in the little discs until the needle pointer over the fulcrum was centered in a viewing circle.

Its easy to get an accuracy of 1/2 grain, and after you use it for awhile, can estimate a closer accuracy by the position of the pointer in the opening.

Already, Ive learned things regarding my Feuchtwanger cents. Weights can decrease from an average of 37 grains down to 31 grains for coins well circulated, Po and AG. What really shocked me is that my 4E plate coin, quite well hammered in strike, sits square in the middle of the weights!

Yes, an old fashioned answer to the digital scale, but I will say for certain that it is capable of extreme accuracy, 1/2 grain or better!

What scale do you own?

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