Having tried electronic scales, and the original europa 'two pot' balance, I did
almost all my building using the Neville design 'single pot' balance. Works
brilliantly for resin and redux.
This is how it works:
Scale has hanging pot holder on one side of the fulcrum, and long flat
counterbalance
on the other.
You put a mixing cup on the balance and add a small weight to counterbalance the
empty cup.
Add the resin, and put a 4 oz weight at the right place to balance the scale.
Put on a 1 oz weight, and then add the hardener to balance the scale.
For redux you simply use weights with the ratio of 5:2.
Roddy Kesterton #220 ('almost' finished building...)
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