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Old 04-15-2012, 04:35 AM
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Go to a headshop and they should have a decent selection of scales. The prices jump from a reasonable $30-70 for a scale that weighs to the tens to anywhere up to $100 plus for one that reads to the hundreds.
Ya, I think we might have a couple of those downtown, I'll see if I can find one.
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Old 04-15-2012, 04:45 AM
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If you are looking for something that acurrate, look for a diamond carat scale.
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Old 04-15-2012, 04:50 AM
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If you are looking for something that accurate, look for a diamond carat scale.
I've seen some gem scales online for under 5 bucks, I'm suspicious of the accuracy...
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Any pharmacy will have them a decent one your looking around $50 but that will weigh to a gram
0.1 will cost more probably upwards of a $100
I've heard thru the grapevine of a few people I know with .01 gram scales an they were $500
Mine weights to the nearest gram it works fine for additives
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Old 04-15-2012, 05:10 AM
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Go on to Cole Parmer's website and get a scientific scale. I got one that weights to 0.001g for about $90 (but that might have included the UBC discount... can't remember).
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Old 04-15-2012, 05:24 AM
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I'll ask my neighbour his apartment always smells nice
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I got one off ebay for measuring my stylus weight on my turntable, even came with a 5 gram weight for testing.
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Hemp shops will carry them. The digital scales are .1 and up
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Old 04-15-2012, 02:42 PM
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Food scales work too. Lots out there.

Not sure how small of increments... but I am sure cheaper than a headshop by at least 50%.
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Old 04-15-2012, 04:49 PM
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I bought my little scale on eBay for like $10 I think. It matches the scale at the post office (I use it for weighing mail to see if I need a second stamp something). It is accurate to 0.01g and maxes out at 100g. I have a kitchen scale that goes to 5kg accurate to 1g that I bought at Canadian Tire for $15.
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