[dmftoy1]

I was just reading the instruction manual on my RCBS (a little over a year after I've been using it. :) ) In the instructions is says something to the effect that you should have a level surface and you don't want it subject to vibration, etc.

Do you keep your scale on a separate surface (other than your loading bench) or ?? Just curious what people where doing. I could make a shelf above my bench to hold it, but my bench is lag bolted into the studs of that wall so I'm not sure it would be vibration free there either . .of course probably less so than the top of my reloading bench.

Just curious what others are doing.

Have a good one,
Dave

[The Bushmaster]

Sits next to and just to the rear and to the left of my press on a 1/4 inch closed foam rubber mat.:)

[dmftoy1]

Now I like that idea . . . . .I have been keeping my scale/dispenser in about the same position and wasn't really looking forward to mounting it on the wall. :)

[The Bushmaster]

It tends to bounce around a little when I operate the press even still. It always returns to zero in time for me to weigh another charge. And I weigh every powder charge. everyone...

[Walkalong]

I just clear off the left 1/3 of the bench and use it there. I don't breath, I move real slow, I cuss it when it goes beserk, I re zero, I cuss some more, it will finally cooperate but the moon has to be in line with mars or something. A finicky little booger. :banghead:

[TooTaxed]

Mine sits on a separate small table along with my beam scale...reloading shocks can't affect them.

[RustyFN]

I keep mine to the rear left of my press. It just sets on the plywood. Haven't had any problems.
Rusty

[Boxhead]

Mine sits in a drawer unused. My old RCBS 5-10 sits above and to the left of my press.

[Walkalong]

Mine aggrevated me for the last time today. I always go back to my RCBS 505 because my Pact BBK is not consistent. It will jump .3 grs. for no apparent reason and it can give that big a difference just rewieghing the same thing over and over. Bounced it off the tile floor this AM and now I just have my boreing reliable 505.

[BurmKiller]

Sits on a small (24"x24") solid table next to my bench on a rubber mat. Also important - it should not ever be in direct sunlight. Depending on sensitivity (I went overboard and bought an Acculab VIC-303 table top analytic balance, around $275) humidity, temperature and barametric pressure will all cause differences and force me to re-zero.

[redneck2]

Mine sits on the counter top across from my loading bench. If I weigh something, I just spin around in the chair and weigh it. IMO, you can't have it on a bench that's jiggling and vibrating.

I use a PACT and I'd never use a balance beam again. If you have one that's waivering, I suspect that either there's vibration, false electric currents (plastic containers, etc.) or wind currents.

If you want to see how sensitive PACT's are, sit back a few feet and just blow a small puff of air. It will pick up a few 1/10th's then settle back down. They don't move themselves. If you have one that's wavering, there's a reason.

FWIW....weigh out a charge, then add 1/10th. It's almost impossible to see. Guys want a scale that's super accurate, then bitch because it's too sensitive.

If any of you guys have an electronic scale that "just won't work", rather than discarding it, I'll pay you the postage to send it to me, and I'll give it a good home.

[Idano]

My electronic scale sits on the right hand side of my press. However, I seriously doubt my scale is subjected to any vibration created by my press. My reloading bench is L-shaped that I made out of 4X4 corner posts with a 2x4 frame anchored to two walls and has a 2x4 butcher block top. On top of that my presses are mounted on 1/4' steel plate: http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=48335&d=1164272908
I do agree that subjecting a scale to vibration is not good on it.

[Duckbill]

I use a Pact and it sits on my bench. I've never experienced any problems from it, but I like the idea of a soft rubber pad. I'm going to cut one out, today.

[Lennyjoe]

Right next to my tumbler.:o

[The Bushmaster]

Wow!! Lennyjoe...That's got to make it jump around...:what:

[ATAShooter]

Mine sits next to my marijuana plants...... JUST KIDDIN. I gave up on the electronic and went back to a beam.

[scout26]

Yep, mine's on the shelf back at the store. I prefer the simple beam scale.

And it sits on the bench. If I'm weighing, I'm not moving any other peice of equipment, so no issues with movement or bouncing.

[scout26]

Yep, mine's on the shelf back at the store. I prefer the simple beam scale.

And it sits on the bench. If I'm weighing, I'm not moving any other peice of equipment, so no issues with movement or bouncing.

[Lennyjoe]

Wow!! Lennyjoe...That's got to make it jump around...

Silly Bushmaster, I don't run both of them at the same time;)

The tumbler works on the days that the powder measure if off duty. :D

[The Bushmaster]

OH.....Why'd I think of that....Dummmmmb....:o