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| GlennSprigg:
Ha!! I found this accidentally, on eBay... https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1-x-Portable-100g-0-01g-Mini-Digital-Scale-Jewelry-Pocket-Balance-Weight-LCD-AU/333550988799?_trkparms=aid%3D333200%26algo%3DCOMP.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20180801154222%26meid%3Df9e817e14bdc4af3a5f9688fa7b94b3b%26pid%3D100044%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D161698485906%26itm%3D333550988799%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2508447%26algv%3DItemStripV5%26brand%3DUnbranded&_trksid=p2508447.c100044.m43681 Digital Electronic scales, for only $8.50 !! I can't IMAGINE what prospective purchasers would want it for, (?). Would be neat for all the 'above-board' uses they recommend, I suppose. :) The pictures confused me for a while, until I realized that the whole thing is the size of a typical car Remote, and the outer cover makes it 'look' like that's what it is!! I guess there's a market... 8) P.S. I do not condone drug usage. Never have, and never will, except from my Doctor! :-- |
| mrflibble:
--- Quote from: GlennSprigg on July 30, 2020, 12:27:33 pm ---I do not condone drug usage. Never have, and never will, except from my Doctor! :-- --- End quote --- What, you never put sugar in your coffee? ;) |
| Berni:
That is one very very tiny scale alright. But there are other uses than drugs for small scales. Some people have chemistry as a hobby in the same was that a lot of people do electronics as a hobby and they do sometimes need to weigh out tiny amounts of stuff. Very sensitive scales are scientific equipment in general, used for determining the amount of something. For example some of the hermetically sealed ceramic chips in the space program are tested by putting then under water under many bar of pressure for a while and then weighting them afterwards. If they gained a few milligrams of weight that means something got in. Sensitive scales can also be used to quantify tiny forces in experiments, like for example if you are building some sort of electrostatic actuator. Some vinyl enthusiasts want to measure the tracking force of there record player to make sure its dialed in properly to not destroy records. This also needs a scale small enough to fit under the stylus and sensitive enough to measure down in fractions of a gram. |
| m98:
Ok, that car-key camoflage really is quite sketchy. But those tiny scales are quite useful for making small batches of spice blends and weighing some food additives or food coloring. Fitness people who're into mixing their own supplements need fairly accurate scales. People who make their own soaps, cosmetics and perfumes. A precise scale is a must-have for anyone whos into any form of applied chemistry, and then the choice is between the 10-20 € Ebay variant or the 500 - 2000 € name-brand lab scale. |
| TimFox:
100 g is appropriate for weighing mail: US Mail prices go in 1 oz av = 28.4 g increments for first-class postage. However the eBay vendor does not ship to US. |
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