Ordered a new scale
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joe-nwt said:Just ordered a gem pro 150. Will provide a report when it arrives. Looks good. The warrenty should still be good after I'm gone.
I just bought the Dillon Electronic Scale. It seems to work very well.
Is the gem pro a better scale? Any bells & whistles? It seems more expensive to me too or did I make a mistake?
Rod B
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From the specs it show 0 to 100g.
I'm wondering if this is grains or grams
Had a guy in our club mistake grains for grams when loading an old muzzle loader. He wondered why the ramrod would not go too far down the barrel.
Ruined the rifle but he was ok. Living proof that God loves morons.
I'm wondering if this is grains or grams
Had a guy in our club mistake grains for grams when loading an old muzzle loader. He wondered why the ramrod would not go too far down the barrel.
Ruined the rifle but he was ok. Living proof that God loves morons.
The specs on the 150 seem to be pretty good. Maximum of 463 grains.
A suggestion would be to get or borrow some accurate test weights.
I was recently looking at the Acculab scales. One thing about these relatively inexpensive scales is that they can be sensitive to electrical interference. Just keep them away from electrical current sources.
A suggestion would be to get or borrow some accurate test weights.
I was recently looking at the Acculab scales. One thing about these relatively inexpensive scales is that they can be sensitive to electrical interference. Just keep them away from electrical current sources.
Errrr, it runs on an AC adaptor.
I have the test weight from my Lyman LE-300. 20grams, it showed 306.8 grains on the Lyman, same on the dillon balance beam. The new scale says it comes with an ATSM Class F2 calibration weight(whatever the heck that means), if the scale can measure with a .02gr accuracy I think the weight that comes with it should be sufficient.
My Lyman servrd me well for many years but met an un-timely demise last week. Let' s just say one should keep the reloading bench clean enough to avoid avalanches.
Well, the scale arrived today. Unfortunately, I can only provide a partial report so far.
Scale was packaged nicely, all surrounded with those pillowy air-bag shipping thingys. I read through the instruction booklet, popped some fresh batteries in it and turned it on. The backlight came on a nice bright red, it went through some kind of warm-up countdown and the gave me a "err 0". The instruction booklet does not exactly say what an "err 0" is. I tried the AC adaptor and more fresh batteries. Still "err 0". Snooping around on the MyWeigh site didn't really shed a whole bunch of light on the matter except that maybe the scale got damaged in shipping, pillowy thingys and all.
I sent their tech support an e-mail asking their advice, and repackaged the scale and accessories although I didn't tape the box shut yet. I'm hoping they point out something I neglected to do and I won't have to wait for another scale to arrive.
Oh well, s**t happens.
Scale was packaged nicely, all surrounded with those pillowy air-bag shipping thingys. I read through the instruction booklet, popped some fresh batteries in it and turned it on. The backlight came on a nice bright red, it went through some kind of warm-up countdown and the gave me a "err 0".
The instruction booklet does not exactly say what an "err 0" is. I tried the AC adaptor and more fresh batteries. Still "err 0". Snooping around on the MyWeigh site didn't really shed a whole bunch of light on the matter except that maybe the scale got damaged in shipping, pillowy thingys and all. I sent their tech support an e-mail asking their advice, and repackaged the scale and accessories although I didn't tape the box shut yet. I'm hoping they point out something I neglected to do and I won't have to wait for another scale to arrive.
Oh well, s**t happens.
Actually, stapled to my invoice was a note saying I had 48 hours to return the scale for any of the three following reasons;
- you receive a scale and decide it's not the one for you.
-your scale arrives damaged from shipping
-your scale does not operate properly out of the box and you've tried new batteries.
So, I don't think I'll have a problem getting satisfaction, it's just the waiting that's annoying. Our ferry crossing/road is out, the original package took 8 days to get here from Vancouver expedited parcel.....
- you receive a scale and decide it's not the one for you.
-your scale arrives damaged from shipping
-your scale does not operate properly out of the box and you've tried new batteries.
So, I don't think I'll have a problem getting satisfaction, it's just the waiting that's annoying. Our ferry crossing/road is out, the original package took 8 days to get here from Vancouver expedited parcel.....
Just got back from working out of town to find the replacement scale waiting.
Pulled it out of the box, installed the batteries and it seems to work this time. I let it warm up for a few minutes and the played with it for a few minutes. I went through the zeroing procedure which took a bit longer than expected. Seems the english translation of the instructions was done by the Japanese, but I've seen worse.
I then proceded to weigh a few things I had on hand. One thing I like already over the Lyman I had is while the scale is settling, the unit (gn, gram, oz,etc) indication flashes until the measurement is complete. With the Lyman you had to stare at the display for a bit, waiting to see if that last digit had finally stopped moving.
So far, so good. More from the reloading bench later.
Pulled it out of the box, installed the batteries and it seems to work this time. I let it warm up for a few minutes and the played with it for a few minutes. I went through the zeroing procedure which took a bit longer than expected. Seems the english translation of the instructions was done by the Japanese,
but I've seen worse. I then proceded to weigh a few things I had on hand. One thing I like already over the Lyman I had is while the scale is settling, the unit (gn, gram, oz,etc) indication flashes until the measurement is complete. With the Lyman you had to stare at the display for a bit, waiting to see if that last digit had finally stopped moving.
So far, so good. More from the reloading bench later.
Been playing with the scale for a few days now.
One thing I noticed right away that is kind of annoying is the plastic tray that came with it is very prone to static electricity. Powder sticks to it like crazy. Rather than try and fix the static problem, I just grabbed on of my old trays that came with my dead Lyman. No static with them, must be a different plastic.
One other small annoyance, the scale is kind of a snug fit in it's protective case. Sometimes it's cumbersome to retrieve it when your hands are dry, the case comes quite a way up the side of the scale and there's not much to grab past the flip-up cover.
On to positive things. Although they recommend a warm-up time, I've experienced no issues with repeatability just turning it on and using it. The back light is great, it turns itself off and on as you place and retrieve things from the platform, to save batteries I guess. The length of time the backlight is on is programmable also. Nice feature, I think.
It doesn't take long to get used to ignoring the second digit after the decimal for most general purpose reloading-bench weighing. It did open my eyes a bit to the accuracy of a Dillon powder measure at weighing W231 though. How does within .02gr sound?
All in all, so far I am happy with the scale. Even though it costs more than some others, it has some nice features and I would recommend it to anyone not concerned with that last nickle.
One thing I noticed right away that is kind of annoying is the plastic tray that came with it is very prone to static electricity. Powder sticks to it like crazy. Rather than try and fix the static problem, I just grabbed on of my old trays that came with my dead Lyman. No static with them, must be a different plastic.
One other small annoyance, the scale is kind of a snug fit in it's protective case. Sometimes it's cumbersome to retrieve it when your hands are dry, the case comes quite a way up the side of the scale and there's not much to grab past the flip-up cover.
On to positive things. Although they recommend a warm-up time, I've experienced no issues with repeatability just turning it on and using it. The back light is great, it turns itself off and on as you place and retrieve things from the platform, to save batteries I guess. The length of time the backlight is on is programmable also. Nice feature, I think.
It doesn't take long to get used to ignoring the second digit after the decimal for most general purpose reloading-bench weighing. It did open my eyes a bit to the accuracy of a Dillon powder measure at weighing W231 though. How does within .02gr sound?
All in all, so far I am happy with the scale. Even though it costs more than some others, it has some nice features and I would recommend it to anyone not concerned with that last nickle.
Bounce sheets, I will have to remember that.
At work I have a peizoelectric gun that is supposed to remove static electricity, but when I use it on my glass sample vials it really doesn't have much of an effect. I wonder if it would work better with plastic...
At work I have a peizoelectric gun that is supposed to remove static electricity, but when I use it on my glass sample vials it really doesn't have much of an effect. I wonder if it would work better with plastic...
