RCBS 505 scale won't stay still.

[eyeshot]

Hot glue, and a big chunk of almost anything heavy. I recently saw a pic of a beam scale with a railroad spike secured in the base to stop it from moving.

Hot glue. Now there's an idea. I'm going to look for that Elmer's Hydraulic Cement, a small, thin rubber mat and something to hot glue in there if I can't find the Elmer's cement at ACE. I looked up the "something cast" product, one of the first responses suggested, and that stuff is expensive. I will be getting the scale up to eye level as suggested.

My scale use is in conjunction with my RCBS powder measure. No press use involved during. As I stated before, it is my own clumsiness or these damn readers but I have moved the scale and verified it. My bench is an old dining room table that is solid wood and built like a tank. 5 x 3-1/2 with a 1-3/4" deck. The legs are bigger than mine but more shapely. The table doesn't move.

AS an aside, I own a shrouded electronic medical scale that I check the 505 and powder measure with but enjoy using the beam scale the most. Therapy!

Thank you all, for the replies.

 

[Shimitup]

If you really really want to add some mass, take some Bondo body filler and mix in all the lead shot it will take and plaster that into the base.

 

[Catpop]

My Ohaus 1010, the model with the plastic cover, has served me well for the last 50 years with no modifications.
My beam, magnetic dampened, seems to settle fairly fast. And my bench is fairly solid.
I did mount my scale later on a hm shelf at eye level for ease of seeing the balance graduations. And this may have helped also.
Jmho
Sorry If my reply doesn’t really help your actual delemia.
Best of luck!

 

[bfox]

Why don't you try the rubber mat first and go from there !

 

[Reeferman]

The reason I went with lead shot and balsa wood is if it didn’t work or had to go to RCBS for any warranty then it was easy to put back to original. Though it is a Mexican made scale unlike the Ohaus 1010 and Hornady Pacific scales I have that were made in the USA decades ago it is the most accurate and repetitive beam scale of all especially after filling the body with lead shot. With that weight in it now it feels like how a scale should be.


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[eyeshot]

Why don't you try the rubber mat first and go from there !

I will but I overkill everything I do. If the Elmer's is on the way out it is coming home with me. Thanks, for the advice.

 

[Old Stumpy]

get the scale off the bench - mount it on a shelf on a wall at eye level; NO scale should be on a bench with the vibrations inherent in reloading

Also, if the scale has knife edge agate bearings and does not have a device to lift the beam up when not in use, then a small and thin piece of soft wood might be a good idea to slide in to protect them.

 

[eyeshot]

Well . . it has been a short while but I have my rubber mat, not Elmer's hydraulic cement but a name brand from ACE and a hot glue gun in hand.

The powder trickler has a nice heft to it and the tube full of cement will get hot glued to the underbelly of my 505. I found an old shelf I made fifteen years ago and that will get bolted to the wall in front of my face for the scale.

Thanks, again for all the suggestions on how to weigh these pieces down. (yes the trickler is upside down)