Beam scale

[muleystalker]

With 20 weight oil, a 46 grain charge dampens out to read in 4 seconds. Roughly half the time of magnetic dampening. Also, there is no magnetic bias.

Scott, are the earlier REDDING #1's that are dark maroon in color just as good as the later green ones? I have my dads original he bought in the late 50's early 60's, I also picked up a couple more over the years.

Also how are the old Lyman D-5 scales? Are they worth tuning?

 

[sparker]

Scott, are the earlier REDDING #1's that are dark maroon in color just as good as the later green ones? I have my dads original he bought in the late 50's early 60's, I also picked up a couple more over the years.

Also how are the old Lyman D-5 scales? Are they worth tuning?

The brown #1s that are oil dampened are good. The beams however are heavier, so they don’t dampen out as quickly. Linearity can of course be all over the place with them.

The Lyman D5 is a solid scale and merits tuning. Some that I have worked on have turned out to have flawless linearity across the full capacity of the scale.

 

[muleystalker]

The brown #1s that are oil dampened are good. The beams however are heavier, so they don’t dampen out as quickly. Linearity can of course be all over the place with them.

The Lyman D5 is a solid scale and merits tuning. Some that I have worked on have turned out to have flawless linearity across the full capacity of the scale.

Thanks, I may send you a D-5 and a Green #1

 

[Bat Rastard]

From what you described, I'd just stay with the 505.... dead simple, and repeatably accurate.... hard to beat that combination..

i regret letting go of my 505. I replaced it with better devices. I am happy I have my new to me scales, (10-10, 304, M5, and a tuned Redding #1, all vintage). I wish I still had the 505 I bought in 1990 instead of the $40 I sold it for. I would use it for range trips etc..

 

[sparker]

Thanks, I may send you a D-5 and a Green #1

Yes sir!

 

[sparker]

i regret letting go of my 505. I replaced it with better devices. I am happy I have my new to me scales, (10-10, 304, M5, and a tuned Redding #1, all vintage). I wish I still had the 505 I bought in 1990 instead of the $40 I sold it for. I would use it for range trips etc..

Was your 505 a tan, green or red one?

 

[Bat Rastard]

Was your 505 a tan, green or red one?

Green.

 

[sparker]

You’re not missing much

 

[Tesoro]

You’re not missing much

What many of us are missing is an explanation on your past behavior. There are dozens of people who wanted to to wring your neck not that long ago. Why not just tell us why you solicited peoples' scales and $$ for tuning and then shut them out with no communications for many many months, even though you received multiple requests for status updates, return of goods etc. WTF.

 

[sparker]

What many of us are missing is an explanation on your past behavior. There are dozens of people who wanted to to wring your neck not that long ago. Why not just tell us why you solicited peoples' scales and $$ for tuning and then shut them out with no communications for many many months, even though you received multiple requests for status updates, return of goods etc. WTF.

“Yaah I have a beef with this con artist cause he tried to con me but I was prepared and beat him at his game 6 yrs ago.”

To that I simply ask: do I have a scale that belongs to you or money of yours?

 

[sparker]

For the record: in other threads, I have posted about my shortcomings and have apologized for the very poor customer service that too many of my customers have experienced. For those who are unaware, I have been very poor at communication and getting scales out the door in a reasonable timeframe. I can only endeavor to improve.

Scott

 

[Tesoro]

“Yaah I have a beef with this con artist cause he tried to con me but I was prepared and beat him at his game 6 yrs ago.”

To that I simply ask: do I have a scale that belongs to you or money of yours?

No! because you failed my test run. I can understand getting backlogged BUT intentionally shutting out your clients after you received their scales is inexcusable and not worthy of redemption.

 

[SEGARE]

Scott has done the mea culpa and as long as he continues to deliver as promised, there is nothing to be gained by continuing to dredge up his past shortcomings.

 

[sparker]

My sincere gratitude for your kindness and extension of charity.

Scott

 

[jds holler]

I just picked up this little sweetheart from a member over at Cast Boolits. It is pristine, but with about a twenty second dampening time if unassisted. Matter of fact if someone sneezes at the other end of the house it gets to rocking. jd

 

[sparker]

Look at what I just found! It looks better than mine. Who wants it?

 

[Bc'z]

Look at what I just found! It looks better than mine. Who wants it?

How much?
I need to work with something while mine are being done.

 

[BoydAllen]

I just picked up this little sweetheart from a member over at Cast Boolits. It is pristine, but with about a twenty second dampening time if unassisted. Matter of fact if someone sneezes at the other end of the house it gets to rocking. jd
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That was my first scale. What I figured out was that if I lowered my eyes or raised the scale so that they were on the same level, assuming that you zeroed the scale at the beginning of the session, if the pointer was swinging an equal number of divisions up and down, it was balanced. Once I figured that out, things went a lot faster. Some time later, I happened to meet a product rep. for RCBS who sold me a brand new 10-10 out of the trunk of his navy Mercedes, for $40. This was a very long time ago. Finding the magnetic damping much more to my liking I sold the redding to a friend for $20.

 

[1066]

Five years ago you would have trouble giving an old Redding oil damped #1 away. How time change.
I love them for the sheer simplicity and trouble free reliability and accuracy.

I have a nice old oil damped Webster #1, it's very well made, sensitive and reliable.

 

[justinp61]

No! because you failed my test run. I can understand getting backlogged BUT intentionally shutting out your clients after you received their scales is inexcusable and not worthy of redemption.

Inexcuseable? No. Worthy of redemption? Yes, we are all worthy of redemption. I don't know a single person who hasn't done something in the past that they regretted later. It's how you handle the situation going forward that defines one's character. Scott's past issues have been well published and discussed on several forums. I've not done business with him and probably won't, but I'm not picking up any rocks to throw.