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Good cheap gram scale?

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I'm getting ready to sell some vintage A's and I need a good scale to weigh the cymbals. Nothing too expensive, 'cos I'm not going to ask a whole lot for the cymbals.

Thanks.

Stephen

Vintage Drum Student
Posted on 12 years ago
#1
Posts: 252 Threads: 37

You can weigh them on a regular scale, or get a cheap scale for weighing luggage. Those read in pounds, so multiply by 453.59 to get weight in grams.

My kit:
Ludwig Vistalite Big Beat set consisting of:
14” X 22” bass, 16” X 16” floor tom, 8” X 12” ride tom, 9” X 13” ride tom, 5” X 14” snare
Ludwig 201 Speed King bass drum pedal
Ludwig 1124 Spur-lok hit-hat with Ludwig Standard Paiste 14” cymbals (760 & 770 gr) with ching-ring
Two Ludwig Standard S-270 cymbals stands
18” Zildjian crash cymbal (1550 gr) and 20” Zildjian ride cymbal (2130 gr) with CAMCO sizzler
Gibraltar motorcycle seat-style drum throne with backrest
Posted on 12 years ago
#2
Posts: 1273 Threads: 22

Yeah, sure you want to weigh cymbals......(insert smiley winky face here).

B

PS - I'd love to know the weights of my Z's. Just to know.

Vintage Drum Fan (Not a Guru)
Posted on 12 years ago
#3
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I bought this to weigh my cymbals and are using it now to weigh connecting rods on engines.

It's small enough to weigh small things pretty accurately but large enough that law enforcement won't suspect you're slingin' drugs.

It's good to 11 pounds.

http://www.harborfreight.com/digital-scale-95364.html

[img]http://www.harborfreight.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/i/m/image_19738.jpg[/img]

Posted on 12 years ago
#4
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Check out this web site. I bought one from Old Will years ago postal type for around $30 works great. He's got em all.

http://www.oldwillknottscales.com/?gclid=COLDxJKOz7cCFdKe4AodOAoAjQ

Posted on 12 years ago
#5
Posts: 536 Threads: 69

Any restaurant supply place will have accurate, reasonably priced scales that will weigh both metric and imperial.

60's Sonor Teardrops & 70s Premier AMs
Sabian
Vic Firth
Remo/Evans

"unless it's vintage, it's just another wooden tube."
Posted on 12 years ago
#6
Posts: 32 Threads: 5

Had to find this from an earlier post of mine last year....I use a SOEHNLE kitchen scale that I got some years ago at someplace like WalMart (can't recall exactly where). Its limits are 6 lbs, 10 ounces and 3 kilograms respectively, divided into 1/2 ounce and 10 gram segments - which is quite adequate for me since all my cymbals (other than my medium ride) fall in the light and extra-light range. A very handy little tool as well as cheap (I think it was around $15). And when not weighing cymbals, you can actually use if for what it was intended lol.

1994 RBS-1 - 10"-12"-14"-16"-22" w/matching 6"x14" snare
mid-'90s Pearl free-floating, brass-shelled 5"x14" snare
1963 Rogers COB 7-line Dyna-Sonic 6 1/2"x14" snare
Posted on 12 years ago
#7
Posts: 729 Threads: 82

Thanks very much for all the replies. I ended up getting the CENTECH, recommended by HowlerMonkey. It seemed the most-user friendly, and was like $19. Personally, I just need to know if my cymbals are thin, medium or heavy.

But I know lots of folks are very into the exact weights, which is why I'm doing this to sell these cymbals.

Thanks again guys.

Stephen

Vintage Drum Student
Posted on 12 years ago
#8
Posts: 2148 Threads: 177

any hardware store/walmart sells them for $25 under..

I also use my Wii system (with the balance board)

Its also a scale to use with yr wrkout / just change from lbs to kilos to grams..

the best part about this is that when I put the cyms on a small kitchen scale..its REALLY hard to see the display..

On the Wii its displayed on yr T.V..lol

Bop iT / Til U Drop iT.

ROGER's
1964 Cleveland,.18/14/12 in WMP
1966 Cleveland, 20/14/12 O'natural.
Fullerton,...20/16/13/12 Silver Glass

WFL
1957 B/R Super Classics In WMP

Snares..
Wood & COB Powertones,
Wood & COB Dynasonics,
57 Jazz Festival

Zildjian avedis cymbals.
40s/60s era.
Posted on 12 years ago
#9
Posts: 252 Threads: 37

If anyone else is looking, I have one of these and they weigh in both pounds or grams and are very reliable. And only $17!

[ame]http://www.amazon.com/Weighmax-Digital-Postal-Scales-Shipping/dp/B003ZJQ5RU[/ame]

My kit:
Ludwig Vistalite Big Beat set consisting of:
14” X 22” bass, 16” X 16” floor tom, 8” X 12” ride tom, 9” X 13” ride tom, 5” X 14” snare
Ludwig 201 Speed King bass drum pedal
Ludwig 1124 Spur-lok hit-hat with Ludwig Standard Paiste 14” cymbals (760 & 770 gr) with ching-ring
Two Ludwig Standard S-270 cymbals stands
18” Zildjian crash cymbal (1550 gr) and 20” Zildjian ride cymbal (2130 gr) with CAMCO sizzler
Gibraltar motorcycle seat-style drum throne with backrest
Posted on 12 years ago
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