Gram Scale

[Pop]

I want to purchase a gram scale, but; don't have the slightest idea what would served my purpose the best. I want to weigh :jig: of course. Anyone have experience with this, I would appreciate suggestions. Thanks, Pop

 

[Hawnjigs]

I've been using an Ohaus triple beam balance for 15 years. For determining jig weight in fractions of an oz. make yourself a chart showing gram conversions for your typical oz weights - 1/64, 1/32, 1/16 etc. Then when you weigh a jighead in grams, pick the nearest oz. weight to the gram weight.

Or to determine a 1/ weight, eg. 1/8, 1/10 etc. divide 28.35 by the gram weight. the result would be the bottom # of the 1/.

For lighter jig heads, it might be more accurate to weigh 10 together and divide by 10 to get individual weight.

Then again, maybe a digital postal or jewelers scale might be more economical.

 

[slammingjack]

Well I have been a scale Tech. for almost 25 years... So I know little about them hehe Ohaus ain't a bad scale. For jigheads I would get a 200 x .1 or .01 g Would work good for you. 1 oz. is a little over 28g.

 

[Kdog]

I used my reloadinng scale grains (7000 grains/pound) then ran across a Jewlers scale on ebay http://tinyurl.com/nsx7ewu much safer to keep on my jg bench

 

[LedHed]

Hard to beat a triple beam, use to do calibrations (pharmaceuticals) also...