homemade scale

simple to make & weighs 15 g's at a time,, a metal coat hanger, that pivots on another hanger wire .. 3 nickels on one end tied to 6 inches of fishing string ( the 3 nickels are wrapped in tape to even out the weight of the mcdonalds large cup lid on the other side ) , i put 3 nickels =15 grams , into the cup lid & it evens out perfect ,, LOL ...

that is just darn impressive...it's a balance from a frikin coat hanger! are you married to magyver?

i am macgyver

you can get a digi for like 20 bones girl.. why mess around with all that

Cool idea, but I'm going to stick with my digital scale, it's a bit more precise.

So futuristic!

now all i can try to think of is mcgyver being in some life or death situation where he has to way an oz .out

triple beam nuff said

hate to burst your bubble...but when i have weighed out a nickel....its not a very precise 5 grams

PurfectStorm said:

hate to burst your bubble...but when i have weighed out a nickel....its not a very precise 5 grams

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Whoa, you just stomped that bubble! C'mon, are u fucking serious, they are weighing shit with a coat hanger and here u come talking about a nickle might weigh 5.1 instead of 5.... I don't know about the nickles where u are from, but around here 99 out of 100 nickles weigh within a tenth of a gram of 5 grams.

yeah i did some research & yes 99.9% of nickels weigh 5 grams ,, BUT the new nickels are a lil bit off ,, i used old ones ,,

a dollar weighs 1 gram.

unless its from a stripper's coochie.

LMFAO .... i wouldnt put that dollar near my sweet nugz , might cause some type of mold or fungus ... cooch fungus

thats the bad kind of skunk

why am I not surprised that when you put 3 nickels as the ballast on one side that 3 nickels on the other side balanced it?

3 nickels = 3 nickels.

duh.

Bookworm said:

why am I not surprised that when you put 3 nickels as the ballast on one side that 3 nickels on the other side balanced it?

3 nickels = 3 nickels.

duh.

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what about the lid on one side and the tape on the other? these are what were balanced out. easy mistake, you're forgiven.

Now that's my kind of woman!



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fdd2blk said:

what about the lid on one side and the tape on the other? these are what were balanced out. easy mistake, you're forgiven.

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ah, that makes much more sense. Though I'll still stick to my digital, rarely do I have 15 gs to measure as is.

The other cool aspect is that you can make one side just a little shorter and skew the bag weight. Just a mm or two would do it, and not even noticeable. Even better, at the pivot point.

No, I'm not advocating that type of thing, just pointing out some maybe overlooked variables.