Hey guys, stop "snapping up" newly listed Lyman M5 scales on ebay 

Guilty as charged! Just bought one that looks brand new on Ebay last week - shipped it to Scott today for accurizing.Hey guys, stop "snapping up" newly listed Lyman M5 scales on ebay![]()
but I'm looking forward to just using 2 (dispensing with the Chargemaster and finishing off with the M-5 Scott's going to tune for me.).
If you don't need 1000gr capacity these should work well. I picked mine up for about half what these are listed
These are excellent old scales, the only issue I have with these is the clunky old pan set-up. They can easily be converted to the later M5 or Ohaus 10-5 system.
I'm going to convert it, all I need is the scale pan support and I can use the pan off my RCBS 505. I've already figured how much weight needs to be removed from the support to work with the old 5-0-5 scale.
They are good ones. The magnets are located inside of the housing that the blade on the beam rides in - under the scale, there is a screw - loosen and remove that and the housing will come off.
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I wedged them in there with balls of paper (probably toilet paper), cuz I didn't know if they would work-out well. They have been there all this time, without any problems.
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They're 52s, waaaay to much. As I said I use only one N40(42) in my D5.
https://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=B884
I would get 2 long flat 40's you can get those 1x1/8x1/4
I just noticed, you hogged away the tabs which the OEM notched magnets had to straddle inside the magnet cavities. I'm not keen on modifying my M5 which is like brand new. The original magnets are pretty weak. Is there a way to re-magnetize magnets, to restore some of their original strength?
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The D5 originally had two 1/2" square x 1/2"(?) thick magnets held in place with screw through a "U" shaped clamp. The 40 I used is 1/2" square x 1/4" thick. To install it I tweaked the clamp to hold the magnet and a piece of foam rubber between it and scale body to take up the extra 1/4"of space.But some of these guys have found magnets that fit without modifying the scale.