not to hijack potatoheads thread

[deadeye dick]

Why do you need to use tweezers to touch check weights on beam scales?

 

[Magoo]

Oils from your fingers can change the weight of the check by themselves and they can lead to oxidation which will also change the weight. This is much more the case with brass check weights.

 

[rcmodel]

And the smallest ones are too small to pick up out of the scale pan without tweezers.

rc

 

[THe Dove]

Amen RC!

 

[FROGO207]

Dang old fingers!! Most of us "experienced" reloaders have tweezers, Magnifying glass, extra light, etc already on the bench and have needed the same for years I am afraid.

 

[45lcshooter]

FROG ^^^^^^^ you got it.

 

[kitsapshooter]

All the oil talk does is prove how slippery some of you are.

 

[Potatohead]

Good question..I thought it was so they could have something cheap to throw in for free..

 

[Reloadron]

Thank you for coffee through the nose. I guess better than hard cider through the nose in a few hours.

Yes, to prevent contamination of the weights. For what it may, or may not be worth, larger precision weight sets are handled with cotton gloves.

Ron

 

[ArchAngelCD]

And the smallest ones are too small to pick up out of the scale pan without tweezers.

rc

Dang old fingers!! Most of us "experienced" reloaders have tweezers, Magnifying glass, extra light, etc already on the bench and have needed the same for years I am afraid.

OH BOY, this is me looking in the mirror! I use all that and more!

 

[sauer1911]

I identify with y'all. I have probably 10 pairs of readers all over the house and loading bench. Yet I still lose them!

They tweezer thing makes me feel a little like a mad scientist when I use them! bwahahahahah! ITS ALIVE, ITS ALIVE!

be safe.