Re: [Phys-l] metric scale

["B. Esser" <besser@marian.creighton.edu>]

On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, Marc "Zeke" Kossover wrote:

> > I am looking for an inexpensive analog bathroom scale that measures both
> > pounds and kilograms. The white scales (Metro brand) I bought in the past
> > at a local Wal-Mart were great. Now the stores mainly carry digital
> > scales, and the analog ones are only in pounds. I have also checked at
> > other stores (e.g., Target). Does anyone know of a store that sells metric
> > bathroom scales?
We just buy cheap analog scales.  Take it apart, sometimes you just have 
to remove the viewing window, sometimes it takes a couple of screws.
Make a paper circle with the units in Newtons. Paste it over the lb scale. 
Makes a pretty simple student project.



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Bruce Esser
Physics Teacher
Marian High School
http://marian.creighton.edu/~besser