deth502
06-18-2012, 11:04 AM
wtf?!?!
i tried doing a few trial rounds the other day to work up a load for my 700sps, and my scale was acting funny, to say the least.
its the ubiquitous old rcbc/ohaus 5-10, probably twice as old as me, easily.
first off, it wouldnt "settle" it would keep bouncing back and forth. but heres the weird part, it would start to settle, then just go into a spasm shooting high or low. no wind blowing on it, no one bumped it, it would just shoot off in one direction and start trying to settle in again.
all i could think of would be a pivot problem. i cleaned the pivot socket, cleaned it again, put in some dry graphite to lube it, cleaned out the dry graphite, and cleaned it again. no difference. no apparent damage to either the balance point on the beam or the pocket in the scale.
i do believe that these are supposed to be "magnetically dampened" to minimize the wandering before it settles (which it was taking forever to settle, as well) is it possible my magnets got fucked up?
im at a loss as to what could possibly cause this, other than the pivot, which ive checked and cleaned over and over.
ideas?
i tried doing a few trial rounds the other day to work up a load for my 700sps, and my scale was acting funny, to say the least.
its the ubiquitous old rcbc/ohaus 5-10, probably twice as old as me, easily.
first off, it wouldnt "settle" it would keep bouncing back and forth. but heres the weird part, it would start to settle, then just go into a spasm shooting high or low. no wind blowing on it, no one bumped it, it would just shoot off in one direction and start trying to settle in again.
all i could think of would be a pivot problem. i cleaned the pivot socket, cleaned it again, put in some dry graphite to lube it, cleaned out the dry graphite, and cleaned it again. no difference. no apparent damage to either the balance point on the beam or the pocket in the scale.
i do believe that these are supposed to be "magnetically dampened" to minimize the wandering before it settles (which it was taking forever to settle, as well) is it possible my magnets got fucked up?
im at a loss as to what could possibly cause this, other than the pivot, which ive checked and cleaned over and over.
ideas?