Best mechanical cook scales according to redditors

Nice Tiger. Full caster nose wheel. fun.

Century AP tend to seek. Only one place in the USA still works on them, someone might have tuning advice.

Service manual has specs to make jigs from aluminum to check all the flap and aileron rigging. I would check this BEFORE messing with the tab, you might get a few mph by correcting bad rigging.

If rigging checks out, just bend the tab yourself a bit and go fly. Rinse and repeat. Same thing I'd do as an A&P. You can also turn a Grumman by just leaning left and right in cockpit. Make sure your fat ass or fuel isn't making it turn.

An owner can check lots of things without A&P supervision, it's only when you need to use a tool does the A&P usually become required. You can even buy a $50 mag timer and check timing at oil changes.

If it has the engine conversion, make sure they put the correct nose strut on. Should be 32" not 28" when measured from the center of the lower bolt hole to the end of the nose. Prop clearance should be at least 7" if memory serves.

EDIT: I think the Tiger has the long nose strut. Might the Cheetah that has the conversion and requires a taller strut for the larger prop.

Nose gear is easy to disassemble and grease - just be sure you don't mix up the spacers. That's assuming they are installed correctly currently, buy a service manual. Read the service manual. You will need a hook scale to set proper tension and torque the nut. Check service manual; I think it is 18-20lbs to just break the nose wheel.

http://www.amazon.com/Weston-Spring-Hook-Scale-50/dp/B001IHB4JK/

Canopy will require a little maintenance now and then, remove the side screws along bottom of window and it comes off with 2 people. Clean the teflon/plastic tracks with alcohol, don't need to lube but you can.

You can do baffles yourself as well. Buy material and do it.

Consider the split nose bowl STC; no need to remove prop for annual or minor engine work.

Check dates on oil hoses and fuel hoses. Replace every 7-10 years. Anything pre-made can be replaced by a private pilot with a logbook entry. Parts should be 500-600, doing it yourself will save you $500 in shop labor at least. Make sure all hoses have fire sleeves, whether the old ones did or not.

SUPER IMPORTANT: Get a service manual. Know your airplane inside and out; it's getting hard to find good A&P for these planes. Parts can be scarce. Get on the Grumman email list and what not. They usually do a yearly seminar for owners and A&P - just had one in Ohio a month or so ago.


If you have a lot of disposable income, then pay an A&P. However, know your airplane, don't trust anyone's work. Review EVERYTHING.

Alternately, $500 in nickels weigh 50kg. Hang a pail onto one of these guys and you're set.

56 plants doesn't really give too much information on how much bud you plan to process at a time. For me, I like to use this mechanical scale zeroed out with my 5 gallon bucket on it. I fill about 2.5-3 pounds of bud in each bucket for storing/long cure.

That would be a great gift. You should get a scale that is specifically aimed at reloaders - that is, one that is set up to weigh in grains. It only needs to be precise to 0.1 grains. Anything "lab grade" is overkill for reloading.

You can choose to go with a balance beam scale like these:

RCBS

Hornady

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There are also digital scales that are cheaper and easier to use, but less durable and lack the character of a balance beam scale:

Frankford Arsenal

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https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00UIVIXVO?psc=1&ref=yo_pop_mb_pd_title

I use a scale much like this: http://www.amazon.com/Penn-Bakers-Balance-Beam-Scale/dp/B0009WLTNG/ref=sr_1_17?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1421111667&sr=1-17&keywords=balance+beam+scale

The one I use is the better part of 20 years old. All you gotta do is keep it clean. 4.5 oz (130 g) is easy enough to measure on these scales, too. Plus? It's analog - works even when the mixer doesn't.

This is why you don't deserve help. If you can't find 15 quid to improve your life you clearly aren't trying. That's two hours of minimum wage work. Lifting until tired is not effective exercise.

Do this: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fitness/wiki/phraks-gslp

Or if you are too pathetic to find £15 a month: https://www.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/wiki/kb/recommended_routine

Kitchen scale for £4: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kitchen-Craft-Mini-Mechanical-Scales/dp/B01B3BGG6Q/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1509997402&sr=8-3&keywords=food+scale

You are actually unworthy of air if you can't handle a free workout, and a £4 scale, with your best effort. Other bodyweight workouts are available online, do them at home, or some bars in the park.

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Jumping on the "scale" train.

I have a cookbook/textbook called "The Food Lab" by J. Kenji Lopez. In it he has several people measure out flour by volume in order to make a pizza. None of them were the same by weight and there was some serious differences between them.

Baking relies a lot on proportions for ingredients and a scale is important to make the right measurements.

I have This one and it works great for measuring baking ingredients because of the bowl. But most will work as long as it measures in 1 gram increments.

Lesson here -- find the PERFECT spot to put your scale and DON'T move it. I was so frustrated with the $20 Walmart scales that I bought a Withings scale (totally a splurge, my husband thinks it's ridiculous but indulges me). Anyway, by the reviews I thought I'd be golden and get to avoid the all of the cheaper scale issues....

Nope. I moved the damn thing from the bedroom to bathroom and it weighed me TEN! pounds heavier. I had been weighing myself daily and losing quickly on whole30 so it was irksome to lose all of my weight loss badges.

I concur that you should get good tools. A tape measure is cheap, amazon has good food scales. I bought this one to replace a previous flat one I had: http://www.amazon.com/Etekcity-Digital-Kitchen-Stainless-Temperature/dp/B00UIVIXVO/ref=sr_1_6?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1458486534&sr=1-6&keywords=etekcity+scale I like the bowl feature and it looks nice on the countertop. Weighing my food I feel is more accurate than most measuring. Logging on MFP has really helped me learn calorie counts. For instance a bun is around 120cals and the same as a lower cal turkey burger.. so I could have a turkey burger with bun or have 2 turkey burgers with lettuce. I go for lettuce wraps.

Essentially a quick release plate head will let you put more weight towards the front to offset the fact that the plate is built with more weight in the back. I use this on my plate.

I actually have a etekcity electronic food scale that ironically doubles as a scale for my camera equipment.

I bought this one a couple of weeks ago and so far have really been liking it. And I love that it already has a bowl with it!

The RCBS scale is good

a RCBS 505 scale off ebay is good

There are many electronic reloading scales available. They are faster and easier to use than balance beam scales. The cheaper scales tend to have wandering zero, and must be frequently re-zeroed. The better scales hold their zero better, but are pricey.

For fine pistol powders the lee measure must be disassembled and cleaned, lubed with graphite, and have the tension screw tightened. If that doesn't work, contact lee for a new drum. If that dosen't work, buy a RCBS measure off ebay.

I have this one. works well for me. https://www.amazon.com/Taylor-Precision-Products-Stainless-11-Pound/dp/B002SXV8G2/ref=sr_1_24?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1475119539&sr=1-24&keywords=food+scale

Adapter? Are you using electric? What's wrong with your basic [Taylor] (http://www.amazon.com/Taylor-Service-16-Ounce-Compact-Portion/dp/B00164EHVM) scale. They are bulletproof and last forever as long as you clean them.

This one. $20. I use it for about a year baking every week, sometimes twice a week. Works great. Weighing salt etc. Still measuring yeast by spoons though.

I bought [this one] (http://www.amazon.com/Polder-11-Pound-Stainless-Steel-Kitchen-Scale/dp/B00004S4UE/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1464216996&sr=8-5&keywords=analog+kitchen+scale). I like that it's analog and needs no batteries and it has a big bowl so you can put odd-shaped stuff in there.

I have an Etekcity and it’s great because it’s not flat. The weight is on the front so I can pretty much read it no matter how big the item I’m weighing. I had a flat one before this one and I hated it. Anything I put on it seemed to cover the readout.

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This scale so it can help me measure my food. I want one so it can help me manage my weight. Its like a gift that keeps on giving!

Etekcity Digital Kitchen Scale Multifunction Food Scale with Removable Bowl 2.15L Liquid Volume Room Temperature and Timer, 11lb 5kg, Backlight LCD Display https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00UIVIXVO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_F0X9Bb0X8BVG5

It's hard to get used to at first. I still don't trust myself to tare and add another ingredient to the scale so I mis en place everything in separate dishes like on cooking shows (which is a good idea anyhow).

What I've done is look at conversion charts and start by using imperial measurements as a scoop. So 250g is basically a heaping cup, etc. Now the metric is associated with a measurement I already can picture so it's quicker to get to the right amount by weighing.

It will also help if you get a scale that has a fairly large base. Ours came with a bowl and I really like it for medium amounts but it will also lift off and then you can tare out little ramekins or a large bowl on the remaining flat surface. We just got this one https://smile.amazon.com/Etekcity-Multifunction-Removable-Temperature-Backlight/dp/B00UIVIXVO/ref=mp_s_a_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1543168802&sr=8-7&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=food+scales+digital+weight+grams+and+oz&dpPl=1&dpID=41i6dN%2BTssL&ref=plSrch and so far it's worked great, especially considering the affordable price.

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Food scale. My husband, who lost 80 lbs. a few years ago, swears by the food scale. When he moved in with me, we didn't have room in the kitchen for a food scale, so he got rid of it. Well, now we live in a place with tons of counter space, so he asked for a food scale for Christmas so he could break down the proteins we buy at Costco into equal parcels. I got him [this one]
(https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00UIVIXVO/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1).

It is GREAT! I weigh pretty much anything that doesn't have a scannable bar code (man, I love the bar code feature of LoseIt) or doesn't break serving sizes into discrete pieces. For instance, we had steaks last night, and I knew exactly how many ounces mine was. When I slice cheese off a block, I weigh it in ounces (or grams, if I'm feeling fancy). I've used the food scale long enough now that I can kind of eyeball certain common foods and know about how much equals an ounce, but unless I'm in a huge hurry, I usually still weigh it because I'm neurotic enough to want precision as much as possible.

When I'm eating out, I either try to eat at places that have nutritional info on their websites so I can have a fairly accurate measure of calories, or I eyeball it. Eyeballing it is easier now that I have a decent picture of what 2 oz. of cheese looks like or how big a 4 oz. portion of chicken is, thanks to the food scale.

It also gets easier once you've established some routine foods. I know that the egg I have for breakfast is going to be about 100 calories because I eat eggs a lot. I know that tuna salad for lunch (1/2 can water-packed tuna, 1 T olive oil mayo, 5 slices of spicy/sweet pickles - it's the same every time) is going to be 208 calories because I have that several times a week. The more standard a food is in your diet, and the better you're able to visualize how much food equals x number of ounces, the easier it is.

You'd need to get a trigger pull gauge. To get a real measurement on it.

I don't know enough about the trigger of the LCP Custom to really say how much help it would be to practice with it vs. other firearms. It really just boils down to "If you can shoot well with a difficult to shoot trigger, you should be able to shoot much better with a good trigger."

Trigger pull weight, reset distance, how clean the break is, etc all come into play. Even things not directly related like recoil can play a big role.

Etekcity 11lb Digital Multifunction Scale with Removable Bowl - $39.99 $15.59

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You're very welcome.

I'll throw in something I made last night - a giant pot of soup. I was short on parsley so you might want to increase that if you make it. This is what I put in it, not including water. That'll give you four huge bowls that are mostly food, not broth. (Noodles are added at the very end. If you want more carbs in there, feel free to replace with spaghetti. It'll have more calories but still be low-cal.) Here's the basic nutrition info. One bowl (a quarter of that recipe) is 152 calories and gave me 40% of my daily nutrients! If you don't have a food scale, I highly recommend one. I have this one. You can plug recipes into cronometer. I just jot down my ingredients and their weight in grams when I'm prepping and I plug them in while the food is cooking.

Also, if you end up cutting carbs out (edit: what I mean is reducing carbs) with the calorie reduction, you can just reduce your bolus doses. This goes much more smoothly with a CGM and if you account for some wiggle room for when you need to bring up lows.

Best wishes to you!

Time to get an old fashioned 50lb meat scale.

Winco SCLH-50, 50-LBS Multifunction Kitchen and Food Scale, Stainless Steel Mechanical Measuring Commercial Grade Portion-Control Scales https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KMMGK18/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_nx3VDb6YT2MG5

> I could either shell out a small fortune for a good mechanical one

Is 14 eur a fortune?. Also, if you are looking for accuracy in a kitchen scale, either you have a prescribed diet, or you are doing cooking wrong.

> or ten quid for a precise digital one that takes up less space.

On this I completely and utterly agree. Space is indeed a huge point in favor of the electronic ones.