{"id":756,"date":"2022-10-05T08:09:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T08:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.1800scales.com\/blog\/?p=756"},"modified":"2022-09-20T20:15:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T20:15:36","slug":"how-to-build-your-own-scale-kit-overview-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1800scales.com\/blog\/how-to-build-your-own-scale-kit-overview-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Build Your Own Scale Kit Overview & Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you were with us last month, we reviewed a video on how to build your own livestock scale and it was very popular with many customers. So, we figured let’s do another one of these video reviews.\u00a0 This time we’re going to take a look at an individual building a wheel load scale to weigh his friends car from a livestock scale kit that he purchased on ebay for only $140. We call this article appropriately enough, How To Build Your Own Scale Kit Overview & Analysis<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Do You Make Your Own Scales?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

If you’re determined to build your own scale, it certainly helps to purchase a build your own scale kit<\/a>. That will at least provide you some direction and the components necessary to tackle that endeavor.<\/p>\n

How can I make a digital weighing machine at home?<\/p>\n

Buying a build your own scale kit is the perfect first step when it comes to making your own digital weighing machine at home in your workshop or garage.<\/p>\n

How Do You Build a Platform Scale?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

As you can see from the video, I thought the individual who built the platform did a really nice job constructing the platform. He used quality items to build the platform and he welded it very well. I did have a couple of observations. First, he did the right thing by building the platform and welding BEFORE he installed the load sensors (aka load cells).\u00a0<\/p>\n

I can see why this particular kit he purchased was so inexpensive. The digital weight indicator he uses is one of the cheapest on the market and the load cells are not of great quality either. It appeared that this kit did not come with mounting blocks. All it had was load cell spacers. We prefer to use a mounting block design when mounting load cells. As you can see from his video, once he mounted the load cells with the spacers, he has a very tiny gap between the load cell and the platform. In order for the load cells to properly work, there has to be a gap for the load cell to slightly bend. In his setup, it looks like it works but we would prefer to use a slightly different mounting (which you can see in our livestock scale review<\/a> video).\u00a0<\/p>\n