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Scott Parker Tuned Scales

Swparks

I bit the bullet, pun intended, and bought a Scott Parker tuned beam scale. I can say this with all honesty, It was well worth it! The scale is dead on and repeats every time. It will zero in less than 4 seconds. I couldn't be happier with it! Thank you Scott Parker!
 
I love older tools that really work. I had the pleasure of using some really old woodworking machines that were phenomenal.
I had a Redding No.1 scale years ago that got away from me somehow and when I noticed Scott had one for sale that he had tuned, I bought it.
Money well spent! That old scale is EXTREMELY accurate and consistent. For precise loading I stopped using the Chargemaster I had and switched to throwing a light charge and trickling up with a Redding cast iron trickier. After a period of time I sold the Chargemaster.
Thank You Scott!!
CJ
 
Swparks said:
I bit the bullet, pun intended, and bought a Scott Parker tuned beam scale. I can say this with all honesty, It was well worth it! The scale is dead on and repeats every time. It will zero in less than 4 seconds. I couldn't be happier with it! Thank you Scott Parker!
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He tuned my Redding scale and it is spot on.
 
Here is the scale the OP was talking about. The green bodied, oil dampened Redding#1.
Counts individual kernels and settles to read in 4 seconds. Old tech certainly, superb performance, unquestionably.
 

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@sparker ,
I would like to see a Primer Sorting video with one of your scales :).
I've found at least 1/10 grain range in weight in CCI450 primers.
Sorting into bins might take some time but running through a flat just looking for outliers would easily take less than 10 minutes per flat. Just reading the final scale position could find light/heavy primers.
You could zero on one, or zero on the calculated average from taring a whole flat, or actually weight them (against a small check weight).
If the intent is to only eliminate extreme high/low weight the one kernel sensitivity of the beam scale should be more than adequate.

OK, one negative,
comments like "the scale is dead on" or "and it is spot on" without qualification don't carry much weight in precision weighing. I'll agree that you are a Master at this, but if you don't know the error band of an instrument because you can't see it could mean you are blind.
 
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Rocketvapor said:
@sparker ,
I would like to see a Primer Sorting video with one of your scales :).
I've found at least 1/10 grain range in weight in CCI450 primers.
Sorting into bins might take some time but running through a flat just looking for outliers would easily take less than 10 minutes per flat. Just reading the final scale position could find light/heavy primers.
You could zero on one, or zero on the calculated average from taring a whole flat, or actually weight them (against a small check weight).
If the intent is to only eliminate extreme high/low weight the one kernel sensitivity of the beam scale should be more than adequate.

OK, one negative,
comments like "the scale is dead on" or "and it is spot on" without qualification don't carry much weight in precision weighing. I'll agree that you are a Master at this, but if you don't know the error band of an instrument because you can't see it could mean you are blind.
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If you're that worried about precision weighing why would you bother with beam scales? Just use an expensive digital scale. That's what all the cool kids are doing.
 
Rocketvapor said:
@sparker ,
I would like to see a Primer Sorting video with one of your scales :).
I've found at least 1/10 grain range in weight in CCI450 primers.
Sorting into bins might take some time but running through a flat just looking for outliers would easily take less than 10 minutes per flat. Just reading the final scale position could find light/heavy primers.
You could zero on one, or zero on the calculated average from taring a whole flat, or actually weight them (against a small check weight).
If the intent is to only eliminate extreme high/low weight the one kernel sensitivity of the beam scale should be more than adequate.

OK, one negative,
comments like "the scale is dead on" or "and it is spot on" without qualification don't carry much weight in precision weighing. I'll agree that you are a Master at this, but if you don't know the error band of an instrument because you can't see it could mean you are blind.
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I’m not sure that I have ever described my scales in anyway that isn’t quantified.

The quickest way to use the Redding for primer sorting is to weigh two at a time. If the pair weighs off norm, then you can weigh one of the offending pair.
 
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