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Convert an Electronic Bathroom Scale Into A Shipping Scale for <$1

Step 3The Guts

The Guts
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  • Shipping Scale 4a Guts.jpg
  • Shipping Scale 4b Beam Corner.jpg
  • Shipping Scale 4c Beam Hanger.jpg
  • Shipping Scale 4d Beam to Stirrup.jpg
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Gently lift off the top, flipping over as you do, just in case there is any thing else connecting it to bottom. There was not on mine.

Before anything gets knocked out of place take special care to learn how the beams are hung on your unit. Also notice how the stirrup hangs the beams onto the load cell (actually it is a strain gauge, but lets not get too technical here). See next step for more pix of the interior.

Also take a close look at which direction the springs are hooked into the top plate. It is important, as they will fit both ways until you try to hook them up later. If you are careful with the flipping steps, they should remain hooked.

If yours is an older scale or dirty with dust bunnies you may want to disassemble the beams and clean up a bit.
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