Ohaus 10•10 Scale

[danny]

Has anyone ever seen, or had an Ohaus Scale, particularly the 10•10, that has a textured or spatter type grey finish , or maybe even hammered, like an RCBS, as compared to the typical smooth grey finish?

Thanks,

Danny

 

[Ron IA]

same as the RCBS think they make them for RCBS have one works great
Ron

 

[danny]

same as the RCBS think they make them for RCBS have one works great
Ron

What can you tell me about the Ohaus paint texture that I asked about above?

Thanks,

Danny

 

[1066]

I've seen the 10/10's in Grey, Brown, Coffee, Cream and various shades of green - The only ones with a textured or hammered finish I have seen have been the later RCBS ones in Green.

 

[danny]

I've seen the 10/10's in Grey, Brown, Coffee, Cream and various shades of green - The only ones with a textured or hammered finish I have seen have been the later RCBS ones in Green.

Thanks,
We will see if anyone can add anything more. In any case, there seem to be a lot of varieties out there if one wants to have some varied samples of varied older quality scales.

Danny

 

[JRS]

Thanks,
We will see if anyone can add anything more. In any case, there seem to be a lot of varieties out there if one wants to have some varied samples of varied older quality scales.

Danny

I have one in the cream color.

 

[Liven The Dream]

I have two 10-10 Ohaus Cream/ Tan in color one has the hammer splatter finish.
I have the Boxes and paper work.
The only thing different is the Finish...

Theses two have all the graduation marks on the center scale ? Some only have center and top and bottom limit !

 

[fguffey]

I have an Ohaus that is gray, it is a Lyman, I also have Lyman scales that are orange.

F. Guffey

 

[danny]

I have two 10-10 Ohaus Cream/ Tan in color one has the hammer splatter finish.
I have the Boxes and paper work.
The only thing different is the Finish...

Theses two have all the graduation marks on the center scale ? Some only have center and top and bottom limit !

Interesting.

I was going to buy an Ohaus 10•10 that had this unique grey spatter paint on it. As it was online and the pictures low resolution, I could not discern if that was original paint or not. It now seems so. Last night I used my RCBS 10•10 (new to me) for the first loading session and found that I did not care for the aporoach to weight feature and the thimble style tenths adjustment, so I will probably opt for another Lyman M5 or Ohaus 10•0•5.

As far as I have seen, so far, I am only aware of the Ohaus 10•10 having the enhanced graduation marks on the scale body index plate. The RCBS versions that I have seen have only had the simplified markings, but as we are finding out, production seemed to vary over the lives of the units.

Dan

 

[hogan]

Is there a Powder Scale Collectors Society being launched somewhere that I don't know about? Maybe a Guild of Classic Handloading Gear Restoration that is bemoaning the discontinuation of Lyman Grey scale paint? Although if anyone knows a good match for Redding Green, like on my well-used Ultra-Mag Press, I would be beholding to ya...

I dunno. The 10-10 is the best thought out scale of all time and offers the best of all features. The threaded dial for Tenth Grain adjustment is fast and precise; plus it locks~! A great feature which you come to appreciate after having a spade pointer move around while you are doing a batch of loads...

What's not to like? What does paint have to do with anything? Nothing better than an Ohaus; at least not outside the Physics Lab at U. Cal Berkeley...

 

[K22]

My Ohaus 10-10 was purchase in 1971 and its still going strong. I check every year with analytical weights, still within + or - 0.1 grain.

 

[sparker]

Is there a Powder Scale Collectors Society being launched somewhere that I don't know about? Maybe a Guild of Classic Handloading Gear Restoration that is bemoaning the discontinuation of Lyman Grey scale paint? Although if anyone knows a good match for Redding Green, like on my well-used Ultra-Mag Press, I would be beholding to ya...

I dunno. The 10-10 is the best thought out scale of all time and offers the best of all features. The threaded dial for Tenth Grain adjustment is fast and precise; plus it locks~! A great feature which you come to appreciate after having a spade pointer move around while you are doing a batch of loads...

What's not to like? What does paint have to do with anything? Nothing better than an Ohaus; at least not outside the Physics Lab at U. Cal Berkeley...

I would beg to differ with your assessment of 10-10 features.

Scott Parker

 

[danny]

Is there a Powder Scale Collectors Society being launched somewhere that I don't know about? Maybe a Guild of Classic Handloading Gear Restoration that is bemoaning the discontinuation of Lyman Grey scale paint? Although if anyone knows a good match for Redding Green, like on my well-used Ultra-Mag Press, I would be beholding to ya...

I dunno. The 10-10 is the best thought out scale of all time and offers the best of all features. The threaded dial for Tenth Grain adjustment is fast and precise; plus it locks~! A great feature which you come to appreciate after having a spade pointer move around while you are doing a batch of loads...

What's not to like? What does paint have to do with anything? Nothing better than an Ohaus; at least not outside the Physics Lab at U. Cal Berkeley...

While I enjoy accumulating scales and using them, that is beside the point. My reasoning for asking about the paint is that the finish was unusual and unexpected on the Ohaus marked 10•10 scales. I think that in an online purchase, where pics. are not always the best, one might be concerned if a scale has been altered from its original form. Alterations might have an effect on wherther or not someone wants to buy.

My issues with the 10•10 were that I did not find the thimble tenths poise simple to manipulate, and not at all one handed, either. I found that when changing this setting that it was bouncing the beam around which probably doesn't help anything. I also found that using the nylon locker screw, the screw could slightly rotate the thimble poise unless you hold it as you lock it. If you are having issues with the poises getting banged out of position, that is probably not conducive to keeping the scale workings in good shape, and might be counterproductive to your load consistency. I did not find, for me, the approch to weight function easy to use. I could not get used to the two speeds that the beam was operating at to be helpful in preventing overshoot of the load weight, which is what it was designed for. I do like the 10•10 and will keep mine. I just think that the M5 and the Ohaus 10•0•5 are better scales, having tried them.

Danny

 

[Buzzsaw]

I have one which I have owned for many many years (1970), still use it on occasion. Would you like to see pictures? I can take some tomorrow and post then here. The plastic cover is cream color, I cant remember what color scale is.

 

[danny]

I have one which I have owned for many many years (1970), still use it on occasion. Would you like to see pictures? I can take some tomorrow and post then here. The plastic cover is cream color, I cant remember what color scale is.

It sounds like it could be a 10•0•5, but go ahead and post a picture. I am curious.

Danny

 

[ranger3]

I have not used any thing for a Beam scale other than my OHAUS 10-10 and I find it to be extremely accurate even though I purchased it in 1973. it will weight to a kernel of powder. I test this regularly and the beam has always moved by either adding or subtracting a kernel of Varget. I like the thimble feature, it''s fast and locks down and has to be exactly on the line. Mine will weigh close enough to split a tenth of a grain.