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I found it!

#1

I found it!

Carol Reed, Strawberry, AZ

>Moving can be such a pain. Since Dave and Sandy were here, I have been looking for a box labeled 'lathe chucks'. Today it surfaced.

So I have found the lathe, some turning tools and the box with the chuck and face plate in it. Sharpening will still be a challenge as that stuff is in five different boxes and the grinder is inaccessible at the moment.

But you guys and gals make me want to make some round sawdust.

I don't have any green wood so I have not gotten any alcohol yet. But I do have a question of Dave (and others). What kind of a scale do you use? Brands, measurement scale, how much you paid, where you got it, etc.

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john Lucas

>Carol

I'm sympathetic on your move. I have to go through that soon and I don't look forward to packing everything.

I use 2 sets of scales. I have a triple beam scale I picked up at the flea mkt. I use that for small stuff. For my bigger bowls I use house hold scales. Someone told me once that these scales aren't accurate at low weights so I put 2 25lb weights from my weight set on the scales and then put the bowl on top. Seems to work quite well. I don't know how accurate it is but it does tell me when the wood stops losing weight.

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#3

Re: Ebay. Postage scale, 35 lb. limit.

Al Crandall

>I paid more for the shipping than for the scale. About $26 total. Measures in lbs and 1/10 oz, or in kg and grams to the nearest 5 grams. Close enough for wood work.

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#4

Re: Same here, but 50 lb

Dale Stansbery

>I found one on ebay that weighs up to 50 pounds, brand new at about the same price, $26 shipped. It's accurate to 0.2 ounce I think, and I'm always within a fraction of an ounce with the post office when I ship.

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Walt C

>If you don't need hairline accuracy, there are food scales available in WalMart for under $10, with no shipping charge.

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#6

Another weighty question Carol.

Dave Smith, Longview, WA

>Hi Carol,

The brand scale doesn't make any difference. I started with a 10# kitchen spring scale. Spring scales are terribly inaccurate when looking for small chances. I bought a 2 kilo or 4.4 pound scale that is fine for most bowls I turn. A few months ago I bought a Royal ex 310 which will weigh more than I can lift. In order to ship UPS from home I needed to be able to weigh large furniture pieces. I didn't need one that big but it was a good deal. Now I can weigh any size turning I can lift. Like I said the 4.4 pound scale will weight nearly all the bowls I turn.

Now get to making some shavings to mulch all those trees you have.

Dave Smith

Weighing in from Longview, WA.

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#7

Refining the question a little, Dave

Carol Reed, Strawberry, AZ

>Hi Dave,

It seems I have a choice between a spring scale (the least accurate?), a beam scale (harder to determine fractional pounds?) and a digital scale (the most accurate for fractional pounds).

Is my thinking straight?

Carol

weighed down with decisions to make

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#8

I like the digital scale.

Dave Smith, Longview, WA

>Hi Carol,

The 4.4 pound digital scale I have has proved very useful for many things besides weighing bowls. Since you have a mini lathe you don't need a big scale. You don't need a scale at all if you wait two weeks and the bowls are in a heated area you shouldn't have a problem.

Don't expect to park in your RV space this winter. Sandy and my sister conspired to go to Hawaii next month. Going to the Dallas BBQ has become a habit which I intend to continue next fall. Might stop in on the way. Too early to say right now.

Dave Smith

Spray painted in my so I am taking the evening off in Longview, WA.