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**silverbara** · December 23rd, 07:40 PM

I have a favor to ask of someone who has an accurate scale. I need something that weighs 100g or 3.53 oz, so I can compare it to a school project I'm doing over vacation.

I dunno, maybe a water bottle, whatever...something I might have, or have easy acces to.

I figure I can make a homemade balance.

Thanks!

***Strikr*** · December 23rd, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by silverbara

I have a favor to ask of someone who has an accurate scale. I need something that weighs 100g or 3.53 oz, so I can compare it to a school project I'm doing over vacation.

I dunno, maybe a water bottle, whatever...something I might have, or have easy acces to.

Thanks!

3.53oz of Mariwana

**Twistedpain** · December 23rd, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by silverbara

I have a favor to ask of someone who has an accurate scale. I need something that weighs 100g or 3.53 oz, so I can compare it to a school project I'm doing over vacation.

I dunno, maybe a water bottle, whatever...something I might have, or have easy acces to.

I figure I can make a homemade balance.

Thanks!

I think you just found a good deal on some Mary Jane and want to get the full 3.5 o's

**sick_dawg** · December 23rd, 08:30 PM

This is the closest I came. 99.1grams(3.5 Oz) with a AA mini-mag with batteries in it but no end cap....

IDK if that is gonna work for you or not, but it's the closest I could come.

**DayoftheGreek** · December 24th, 02:09 AM

put some coins on the scale, and get a combination that weighs whatever you needed.

Also, weigh each individual coin, that way you can really make a homemade balance.

**silverbara** · December 24th, 10:42 AM

Thanks alot!

Its actually for a balsa bridge project

I do have a mini mag... normal energizer or duracell right?

Maybe I could also find the weight of coins online.

**sick_dawg** · December 24th, 12:27 PM

Yeh, it was 2 duracell AA batteries.

I went ahead and used coins to get as close as I could(don't know why I didn't think of that last night), and the closest I got was 16 quarters, two dimes, and a nickel, which comes out to 100.2 grams. The quarters are around 5.6-5.7 grams, the dimes were 2.2-2.3, and the nickels are 4.9-5.0 grams.

**cubsfan4life021** · December 24th, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by silverbara

Thanks alot!

Its actually for a balsa bridge project

I do have a mini mag... normal energizer or duracell right?

Maybe I could also find the weight of coins online.

Every coin's weight will be slightly different depending on how old and used it is, so you would have to use the same set of coins to precisely measure it.