So....that would be Canadian Weigh, eh? <GRIN> Royce -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jen Kuntz Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 5:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Initial Electronic Scale Evaluation
Hi Ed, I too just bought the same scale and got it Monday. My testing was not quite a thorough (turn it on, test with the calibration weight, go with it)... LOL. The calibration weight they shipped was 500g, and it was exact consistently. I don't know for sure the weight of anything else so trying to calibrate or test accuracy was irrelevant. I measured the heads from Wishon that I bought and they were each .4 to .5 grams too high compared to the sticker on the cellophane. Then I removed the cellophane and bingo, apparently it weights .4g. (What a newbie eh?). It's been great having a scale as I built this set and now I wonder how I did without it. I caught a major gaffe (sp?) in my prior technique with predicting swingweight in that the grip I used doesn't way close to the final grips and I never put two and two together. I took an old grip, trimmed off enough rubber to match the average weight of the grips I was going to use and voila, the readings this time should be closer to reality. Funny how something so simple doesn't cross your mind sometimes - and it's so obvious a thing to cause a difference too. Oh well. I chose to buy digital instead of a triple beam because of the time savings for me... and realize I paid a premium for that but overall this seems to be a great scale and will be a valuable addition to my workbench. I bought it from Canadian Weigh (canadianweigh.com) and received it promptly... pleased with the process. Jen Ed Reeder wrote: > I purchased a "My Weigh" i500 scale and wanted to give an > initial evaluation. So far it has been wonderful. > > <snip> > > Bottom line. It appears the scale is VERY repeatable and accurate. > The only issue seems to be a slight sensitivity to temperature. > (The scale does have compensation for temperature changes). However, > you can simply check for a possible anomaly with the calibration > weight and easily perform a calibration if desired. > > > /Ed
