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flyingwatermelon wrote:Hi!

I know this isn't part of the official Tower building/design help issues, but does anyone know a good resource for ordering z87+ goggles? We happen to be short on some and need to order more. Thanks!

Also: Thanks Balsa Man for responding to my previous quesiton.

Science Olympiad has a partnership with Science Kit (sciencekit.com) where they provide certain things tailored to specific events: http://sciencekit.com/search.asp?t=ss&c ... ad&x=0&y=0

I don't get this whole quoting thing. anyone wanna explain it to me? thanks!

hey museicorn
wat does quotes have to do with tower building??????

ur tower partner:)

Hello all!

I would like to know where to buy decent scales (accurate to 0.1g at least) for a reasonable price. The one I have measures an accuracy of one gram, and I just found out today that its batteries were leaking...yeah not good. Anyways that might have messed up something in its system. Thanks!

flyingwatermelon wrote:Hello all!

I would like to know where to buy decent scales (accurate to 0.1g at least) for a reasonable price. The one I have measures an accuracy of one gram, and I just found out today that its batteries were leaking...yeah not good. Anyways that might have messed up something in its system. Thanks!

Cheapest method costs a nickel, which is exactly 5.00g.
Just make a scale out of a stick of wood or even better, a meter stick since it has the distance markings on it already. With this method, I was always within 0.05g while measuring at home.

alecfxl wrote:

flyingwatermelon wrote:Hello all!

I would like to know where to buy decent scales (accurate to 0.1g at least) for a reasonable price. The one I have measures an accuracy of one gram, and I just found out today that its batteries were leaking...yeah not good. Anyways that might have messed up something in its system. Thanks!

Cheapest method costs a nickel, which is exactly 5.00g.
Just make a scale out of a stick of wood or even better, a meter stick since it has the distance markings on it already. With this method, I was always within 0.05g while measuring at home.

Genius! Using simple physics!

flyingwatermelon wrote:Hello all!

I would like to know where to buy decent scales (accurate to 0.1g at least) for a reasonable price. The one I have measures an accuracy of one gram, and I just found out today that its batteries were leaking...yeah not good. Anyways that might have messed up something in its system. Thanks!

You may also be able to check out one from the science department at your school.

flyingwatermelon wrote:Hello all!

I would like to know where to buy decent scales (accurate to 0.1g at least) for a reasonable price. The one I have measures an accuracy of one gram, and I just found out today that its batteries were leaking...yeah not good. Anyways that might have messed up something in its system. Thanks!

Amazon.com has many like this one.

http://www.amazon.com/American-Weigh-Sc ... 363&sr=1-1

Thanks everyone!

(Usually the advisor should let us use his scale, but I can't bring it home nor can I bring my tower to school because I'm afraid it might break)

flyingwatermelon wrote:Thanks everyone!

(Usually the advisor should let us use his scale, but I can't bring it home nor can I bring my tower to school because I'm afraid it might break)

Put it in a large box that just barely fits it. That's what we do. The towers never break. Or if they do, it's because someone took it out of the box and accidentally slammed it into the ground.

EDIT: minor grammar mistake