Tom, If I were you I would keep that scale under lock and key. (LOL) You know, some of the folks on this list may be desirous and plan to get a five finger discount on a scale which seems to be identical to yours. (LOL) Sure wish I had seen this at Harbour Freight cause I would have one. Wait a minute, let me think, I did get one of those. Now, where did you say you lived? Just asking you know..... Cy, the Ancient Okie....
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Fowle Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 10:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Harbor Freight We've been buying stuff from them for years, most good, some not so. One of my favorite weird items which they carried only once is a cast iron ballance scale. It has a brass bowl on the unknown side, and a little platform on the other with weights from an eighth ounce to I think 2 pounds. When I got it there were ball bearings all over the package and I thought O crud all the bearings have gone loose and I'll never get it back together. My very clever wife found out that these ball bearings were not used as bearings, but as calibration weights. There is a little box that screws to the bottom of the weight pan into which you put the necessary number of balls to ballance the empty scale. It is very easy to ballance with a nice pointer in the center. Works fine for postal weights and other stuff. Obviously made in china as it only cost twelve bucks. I still feel a bit guilty spending so little on such a cool gadget, I'd love to be able to send a few extra bucks to the poor underpaid folks who designed and built such a simple but perfectly usable tool. sorry for all those who envy this scale, we only saw them listed once. tom Net-Tamer V 1.13 Beta - Registered To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.7/410 - Release Date: 8/5/2006 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
