Weights for calibration
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Weights for calibration
Does anyone know where I can get some weights for calibrating my digital scale?
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Re: Weights for calibration
what sizes?
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Re: Weights for calibration
My scale goes to 2600 grams
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Re: Weights for calibration
but do you need a specific cal weight, or just known weights?
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Re: Weights for calibration
I'm pretty sure just known weights that add up to 2600 grams
a weighed bag of sand might even work for what I need
a weighed bag of sand might even work for what I need
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Re: Weights for calibration
A loonie weighs 7 gramsbluenose wrote:Does anyone know where I can get some weights for calibrating my digital scale?
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Re: Weights for calibration
I didn't know that, thank you. Two thoughts:Tony L wrote:A loonie weighs 7 grams
1) 2600 is not evenly divisible by 7
2) I'll need $341.43 in loonies

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Re: Weights for calibration
70F water weighs 998g/L if you can zero before calibrating...
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Re: Weights for calibration
Depends on the year the loonie was minted ... cost cutting measures meant the looinie got lighter:Tony L wrote:A toonie weighs 7.3 g
When introduced, loonie coins were made of Aureate, a bronze-electroplated nickel combination. Beginning in 2007, some loonie blanks also began to be produced with a cyanide-free brass plating process. In the spring of 2012, the composition switched to multi-ply brass-plated steel. As a result, the weight dropped from 7.00 to 6.27 grams. This has resulted in the 2012 loonie not being accepted in some vending machines

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LeafMan66_67 wrote:Depends on the year the loonie was minted ... cost cutting measures meant the looinie got lighter:Tony L wrote:A toonie weighs 7.3 g
When introduced, loonie coins were made of Aureate, a bronze-electroplated nickel combination. Beginning in 2007, some loonie blanks also began to be produced with a cyanide-free brass plating process. In the spring of 2012, the composition switched to multi-ply brass-plated steel. As a result, the weight dropped from 7.00 to 6.27 grams. This has resulted in the 2012 loonie not being accepted in some vending machines
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