Buying some of the heavy, round exercise weights at a garage sale would also be a relatively accurate way to calibrate your scale. You could even borrow a set from someone.
Denny ... Stephen Jacobs <ask...@microlink.zm> wrote: That is much more accurate than just adjusting the scales to read zero then expecting them to be accurate at 250 pounds. ++++++++++++++++ Water is a relatively accurate "known" weight for calibration purposes. Steve J _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html "I can train a monkey to wave an American flag. That does not make the monkey patriotic." Scott Ritter __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com