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Get a little stick on rubber pad that they sell in Lowes and stick it on the bottom of the adjustable foot of your scale. Should give you another quarter inch to play with. Or build a eye level shelf that is level.
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Nice bench!
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Thanks, but yours looks a lot more “pro”.
Mine looks….well, like I made it. 😂
Your wood working skills are obviously better than mine.
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Set aside a weekend and attack the problem. Working around it or ignoring the root cause only delays a future problem. If it means tearing up half a room to do it, fix the problem. My scales sit on a movable shelf that can be easily leveled if needed, but my bench is level, thank goodness. if it wasn't, I'd need a tractor jack to raise the legs for any leveling.
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Fixed! 6 pk. of screws $1.29, enough for all my scales twice.
Checked with check weights, spot on.
2 minutes per scale.
And a lot easier on my worn out knees.
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The 510 RCBS scale is the best ever made for the money. Easy to get squared away. On the RCBS scales...once every few years pull the agate bearings or just use a Q tip and alcohol to clean the bearng points. Dust you know. We have LOTS of dust in Wyoming. Had a couple of benches like the one pictured above. I made one and bought one from a fellow when he sold me ALL his stuff. Good benches but I sold one gave one away. Bought a few work benches with butcher block tops...In fact I bought another today...lots of drawers fot storage. Hate to say it but Harbor Freight special. Momma wants my loading room to look good(and professional). So if it'll make her happy. I am putting all my presses etc on strong mount types of bases. Easy to change out
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My 2 cents. Start with a perfectly level bench that is secure and does NOT move, bolt it to the wall if necessary, You can tell by pushing your press handle all the way down- if there's any movement of the bench it "ain't" secure enough. This helps with powder drops and primer drops. Mount your press and powder dispenser if applicable. (not on the machine like a dillon). Find a place for your scale on your rock solid bench, and keep it in the same place. Make sure you use a scale weight to zero. Always keep powder in a dry area. All these things accomplished -- You have a good start, The only variable is you. Now you have eliminated your variables. Just my anal two cents.
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Put a shim or shims, of some type, under either side of the scale
to level it.
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This Is The Answer !
Sit the scale on something , anything ... I have used a stack of books , a wooden block (4" X 12") anything handy ... and level/ shim the block / book stack ... Leave the scale alone unless it will not level out on a level surface .
The scale is also easier to read if it is sitting higher near your eye's ... I sit when reloading and like to have the scale sitting on something to raise it up , off the bench , to about eye level .
I found a small wooden box that is sturdy , the right height and it didn't require any shims to get the scale level on my bench ...
Elevating that scale realy helps when reading it .
I'm not sure if adding weights to the scale affects accuracy but if you can find a different "fix" ... go with the other fix .
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I use a Black & Decker Workmate to isolate my RCBS scale. Very easy to level it within the adjustment range of the leveling screw. Simply orient the scale perpendicular to the fall line of any floor slope. If you monkey around with the shot weights in the pan holder the slider counterweights will no longer be proportional to the correct weight. The “agate” bearings in these cheap RCBS (Oahu’s) scales are junk, but can be made to work if you sharpen the beam support knife edges, clean the bearings, and gently tap or vibrate the scale’s support table to overcome hysterisis and encourage the beam to settle on its equilibrium point. All very tedious and slow, but why are you weighing charges if in a hurry? Simply dump powder measure charges and take what you get. Notice that tiny reamed hole in the beam. Ohaus reamed that hole to perfectly balance and calibrate the beam far more accurately than we need and more trustworthy than Chinese electronics and piezoelectric strain gauges in cheap electronic scales.
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I gave up on a beam scale almost immediately. I have a small digital scale and a dispenser with a built in scale. I wont even try to beam scale again.
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It is best to use the scale on a level surface .
I set my scale on a stack of large books ... then level the books in both directions , scale on books is now at eye level and easier to read .
I wouldn't monkey with adding weights to the pan ...
You just asking for errors ... and electronic scales are just as bad if not worse ... lights and motors affect them ... I bought one , but soon went back to my trusted RCBS 5-0-5 !
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My Son In Law used to install satellite dish's, and with every dish there was a round bubble level to be used with the install. He gave me several. I sit one on my 10-10 scale and took a section of 2X4 as a platform for the scale and carved places for the "feet" to rest and leveled it on my loading bench on the base. Works great, took me about 30 minutes to complete. If you want one of these bubble levels PM me your address and I'll send you one.
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