Blue68f100
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If your pan or replacement pan does not zero there is lead shot in the hanger that the pan sits on. There is a screw you can remove to adj the weight to zero your scales with your pan.
In theory yes, but the level adjusting wheel will only compensate for 4-5 grains. I guess the handle has broken off your pan, if so, pretty well any option to fix it will add weight. I wouldn't try too hard in making the perfect invisible repair to keep the weight the same. Just epoxy a substitute handed on, set your adjusting wheel to about half it's travel then balance the beam by removing lead shot from the weight box. Once this is done it won't effect the calibration or accuracy of the scale in any way.Hey, 1066 I thought that just adjusting the wheel brings the scale to zero and level. What did you mean by re-balance the beam? It seems to me that no mater how much the pan weighs all you have to do is level the zero of the beam and its level and should read correct according to the weight.
If both pans are the same weight, then no adjustment to the pan weights needed, however, I've found that it's unusual to find two the same. If you've got enough adjustment with a bit to spare on you leveling wheel nothing to worry about.If I replaced the pan with another pan, would I have to re-calibrate the scale? If both pans weighed the same, would a calibration be needed or just use the adjustment wheel and zero the scale? I will test it with my RCBS weights to see it it needs any calibration!! I have an RCBS digital scale I can compare weights to each other.
ARE OHAUS RCBS BEAM SCALE GOOD?
I got out my RCBS Pocket digital scale and measured the pan of my 505 scale and it weighed148.1 grains, I also measured the pan from my RCBS Pocket scale and it measured 127.7 grains so guess no matter what I do I will have to calibrate the scale after repairing the pan, or for that matter even if I buy a new one. Guess if I have to recalibrate anyway I might as well repair the damaged pan the best I can and then calibrate the 5-10 scale. Thank you for all the information from eveyone who responded, What a great wealth of information.