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Posted by Leon Fisk on April 17, 2008, 3:13 pm
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On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:40:20 -0400, Joe
>I just bought what I've always called a "hay scale". It's just a
>balance beam with a top hook for hanging from wherever, and a bottom
>hook for the load. The beam is brass, with a sliding counterweight,
>and there are 2 extra weights (iron) for increasing the capacity.
>(metal content)
<snip>
How about a picture or two?
There was a lot of these scales produced for almost an
infinite number of items. Ice scales is another one not yet
mentioned.
I'll take a look in some of my books and see if anything
looks similar if you want to post some picts.
--
Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b
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Posted by Joe on April 17, 2008, 10:22 pm
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>On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:40:20 -0400, Joe
>
>>I just bought what I've always called a "hay scale". It's just a
>>balance beam with a top hook for hanging from wherever, and a bottom
>>hook for the load. The beam is brass, with a sliding counterweight,
>>and there are 2 extra weights (iron) for increasing the capacity.
>>(metal content)
><snip>
>
>How about a picture or two?
>
>There was a lot of these scales produced for almost an
>infinite number of items. Ice scales is another one not yet
>mentioned.
>
>I'll take a look in some of my books and see if anything
>looks similar if you want to post some picts.
OK, I posted a photo in the Dropbox: Hay_CottonScale.gif & Hay_CottonScale.txt
Coming from this area, it's possible that it's a cotton scale, but I still don't
know what would have been attached to the left side to bring it level. The scale
is 0 - 50 lbs. Maybe a pan - it took about 2.75 lbs to level it out.
See my note about the extra weights; It looks like I missed a good deal, unless
I can find the dealer again.
Sorry about the file size - IrfanView converted it to a smaller format, but
defaulted to a .gif & I sent it before I realized it was no longer a .jpg.
Joe
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Posted by Paul K. Dickman on April 18, 2008, 9:02 am
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> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:40:20 -0400, Joe
>>
>>>I just bought what I've always called a "hay scale". It's just a
>>>balance beam with a top hook for hanging from wherever, and a bottom
>>>hook for the load. The beam is brass, with a sliding counterweight,
>>>and there are 2 extra weights (iron) for increasing the capacity.
>>>(metal content)
>><snip>
>>
>>How about a picture or two?
>>
>>There was a lot of these scales produced for almost an
>>infinite number of items. Ice scales is another one not yet
>>mentioned.
>>
>>I'll take a look in some of my books and see if anything
>>looks similar if you want to post some picts.
>
> OK, I posted a photo in the Dropbox: Hay_CottonScale.gif &
> Hay_CottonScale.txt
> Coming from this area, it's possible that it's a cotton scale, but I still
> don't
> know what would have been attached to the left side to bring it level. The
> scale
> is 0 - 50 lbs. Maybe a pan - it took about 2.75 lbs to level it out.
>
> See my note about the extra weights; It looks like I missed a good deal,
> unless
> I can find the dealer again.
>
> Sorry about the file size - IrfanView converted it to a smaller format,
> but
> defaulted to a .gif & I sent it before I realized it was no longer a .jpg.
>
> Joe
50 lbs is way too light to be for cotton or hay.
From the picture, it looks like the scale the old hardware store used to
weigh nails in. Except it is missing the scoop shaped pan.
Paul K. Dickman
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Posted by Winston on April 18, 2008, 1:27 pm
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> 50 lbs is way too light to be for cotton or hay.
> From the picture, it looks like the scale the old hardware store used to
> weigh nails in. Except it is missing the scoop shaped pan.
>
> Paul K. Dickman
If one were to hang a counterweight on the loop shown to the right,
would that act as a multiplier? A small counterweight would say double
the reading shown on the slider and a large counterweight might let the
scale read say 500 lbs, max?
--Winston
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Posted by Leo Lichtman on April 18, 2008, 2:11 pm
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"Winston" wrote: If one were to hang a counterweight on the loop shown to
the right,
> would that act as a multiplier? (clip)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Physics 1A: No. A counter weight shifts the zero--it does not change the
ratios.
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>balance beam with a top hook for hanging from wherever, and a bottom
>hook for the load. The beam is brass, with a sliding counterweight,
>and there are 2 extra weights (iron) for increasing the capacity.
>(metal content)