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Pretty Good Postal Scale from Old CDs

Step 4Insert axles and begin wire attachments

Insert axles and begin wire attachments
Both finish nails have been driven into the two holes.

Cut some steel wire (about #15 gage) 7 inches long. This piece will make the handle by which the scale is held. Bend and/or twist it to your liking. With a needle nose plier make a loop in each end of the wire. Try to make the loops on the same plane with each other so the axle rests in them while the axle is level. Slip the handle loops over the ends of the axles.
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