Weighing Scales

AntrimGlens

I've a set of salter clock scales on my weighbridge that are not weighing accurately at the minute, now unfortunately the merchant i bought them off is currently in administration and isn't able to take them back to fix them. They're about 4 yr old and good enough condition, always kept inside although the calibration screw is a little rusty. Now what i want to know is if i opened them myself would i be able to see if i could fix them, or best just send them away to get looked at somewhere else. I don't want to open the guts of them and the whole thing land around my feet. They won't reset to zero when the bridge is empty and only weight a 25kg bag of meal at anywhere between 15-20kgs.
Advice welcome as always

ganmo

I don't think opening them is a good idea.
we sent ours to a lad down in wex to have a look at it a few years back and he said that it can be iffy if the broken bit falls in the wrong place.

he managed to fix it then but its out now again 2kg @ 25 and 4@50.
Weighing up getting a new digital one.

orm0nd

Bought a 300kg digital, 3 years ago. About €80 delivered, great job

jerdee

anybody use something like crane scale 300kg from http://m.ebay.ie/itm/300Kg-100g-Mini-Digital-


Scale-Hook-Hanging-Crane-LCD-Display-Weigh-Measure-/331529935380?nav=SEARCH

roosky

jerdee wrote: »

anybody use something like crane scale 300kg from http://m.ebay.ie/itm/300Kg-100g-Mini-Digital-


Scale-Hook-Hanging-Crane-LCD-Display-Weigh-Measure-/331529935380?nav=SEARCH

ya have that one, a great little tool, it got lots of knocks and falls as well and still perfect

jerdee

roosky wrote: »

ya have that one, a great little tool, it got lots of knocks and falls as well and still perfect

That s what I love about boards there is always somebody out there to help .

All I need now is to weld up a cage

jerdee

cage welded up from a old mesh gate . Runners for front sliding gate. Hanging awaiting dry paint .
U frame for hanging it off .

Question
What's the easiest way of hanging from one point to scales. I don't want it swinging all over the place and I want to keep weigh down .

4 chains would be a little loose

Ideas??
Pics attached to help

rangler1

jerdee wrote: »

cage welded up from a old mesh gate . Runners for front sliding gate. Hanging awaiting dry paint .
U frame for hanging it off .

Question
What's the easiest way of hanging from one point to scales. I don't want it swinging all over the place and I want to keep weigh down .

4 chains would be a little loose

Ideas??
Pics attached to help

try to make it digital anyway, if you could find something like this with a platform big enough to put the cage onto

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/FLOOR-SCALE-600kg-100g-HEAVY-DUTY-PLATFORM-DIGITAL-WEIGHING-INDUSTRIAL-SCALES-/261931167474?hash=item3cfc506ef2:g:Q1wAAOSwpDdVfvKF

roosky

jerdee wrote: »

cage welded up from a old mesh gate . Runners for front sliding gate. Hanging awaiting dry paint .
U frame for hanging it off .

Question
What's the easiest way of hanging from one point to scales. I don't want it swinging all over the place and I want to keep weigh down .

4 chains would be a little loose

Ideas??
Pics attached to help

seen a scales recently that had a bolt at each corner that ran up and down inside a sleeve so that the scales could go up and down but not side to side or back and forward

jerdee

javascript:;833133A 300Kg 0.3 T Electronic Digital Portable Hanging Crane Scale LCD Display

bought this for 30 euro delivered .

Robson99

Have a cattle scales here. Has anyone made a cage to put around one of these to weigh lambs or would it work.
Or would I be better to buy a scales and frame for sheep??

Farrell

Robson99 wrote: »

Have a cattle scales here. Has anyone made a cage to put around one of these to weigh lambs or would it work.
Or would I be better to buy a scales and frame for sheep??

I use cattle scales, put 8ft hurdles on the sides & 2 ft pallets front & back