Don't confuse corporate greed with central banking destruction of the purchasing power of money through inflation (increasing the supply of money). Remember companies that manufacture and sell balance beam scales have lots and lots of competition: The central bank that supplies you with your "money" has no competition. The central banks have monopolies, name a manufacturer of balance beam scales that has a monopoly. When central bankers debase and devalue the purchasing power of your money manufacturers have two choice, raise the price or cut quality, size, features and etc...
Thank you TJ. I quite agree, I'm afraid the time when you could repair anything is coming to a close, the "fit new" throw it away mentality has taken over. Very few of the youngsters now seem to be able to actually make or fix anything.
THANKS for this video. I just got my new Redding #2 and frankly... it didn't really make the grade. Mine had a few issues. One was the "slot" in the casting was literally "bent". It was concave on one side, convex on the other. The slot has no effect on the damping, its just a place for the copper arm to ride between the magnets in the casting. First, the copper arm was "bent", probably by the factory trying to get it out the door. I squared that very carefully using a 2 inch machinist square. Then I draw filed the casting slot so the arm would clear the slot (it was sticking in the "up" and "down" positions). The beam had a big nasty burr at the end too, which would literally stick into the casting. That one was a bit harder to find, but once it was just barely stoned smooth, it fixed it. The bearing rods are not hardened at all. I removed mine, because they were off center like yours. In so doing, I cleaned up the ends of the bearing rods with a file and put little bevels on them to make insertion easy. Filed with no effort. The rods are soft steel. However I was able to center them, get the V's level and use a bit of paint to seal them in place. I "reversed" the rods so they would have the V notch more centered and not stick out too far from the casting. If they need removing again, I'll drill two cross holes and tap them for 2-56 set screws. Also, my small poise was off a bit. It was too heavy and would not read the same as the large poise in 5 grain increments. The NIST traceable weights were just about spot on for the big poise, out to 420 grains, about 1/2 of a .1 grain off. Very good I'd say. But the small poise was .25 "off", moving the center indicator high. I had to clip a bit of metal off the poise to get its weight ok at 5 grains. Going backward, it measured fine right ro .2 grains which is the smallest weight I've got. Like you, I filled my base, but I used a handful of 45acp cast boolits and electrical potting resin. Weighs real nice now and if it wasn't for the cheap-ass pan holder, which lets the pan slide off at a whim, it would be a real deluxe scale. Thanks again for the video... really got my eyes open to what can be done with a crud balance. Hope all this helps somebody. Redding could do better on this scale, but its made as cheap as they can. Sad.
Excellent work - It's just a pity you needed to do it in the first place. There's been a steady decline in the quality of nearly all these scales from most manufactures over the last 10-15 years, however I have been getting good results with the RCBS M500 lately.
It's infuriating as to what these scales cost and the low quality that is received by the customer, and instead of the scale manufacturers selling a quality product, the responsibility to fix the problem is passed onto the customer.
Very smart and functional! Unfortunately the modern trend is towards cheapening an existing good product to get more profit out of it, I think that these products, being made for predominately American market, are squeezing the profit margin to the limit, as no one in America seems to be willing to pay much for anything, their target market should be Europe, where buyers appreciate quality and it's cost. I really like the lead ballast in the base ! I am off to the workshop to make some for my balance.
I would be willing to be $10 that the profit margin at Redding Corporation is no higher than it was in 1965. I would also bet that the profit margin at Redding Corporation is lower than it was in 1965. When your central bank through inflation destroys the purchasing power of the money we use to buy things manufactures have three choices: raise the price, reduce the quality, or go broke. Redding has lots and lots of competition; all their competitors face the same dilemma. Your central bank has no competition, it can debase, devalue and destroy the money at will; central bankers have a monopoly on the most important element involved in commerce, the money. The bankers are making a lot higher profit now than they did in 1965, your ire is misplaced.
Great video. Am I better buying an older version of this scale as opposed to a new one?. It seems that the older ones are better made. I have my eye on one but don't know how old it is?
HI ALAN,HANDLOADERS DIGEST 5TH EDITION 1970 AND 6TH EDTION 1977 HAS THE RCBS POWDER AND BULLET SCALE ON THE FRONT COVER OF THE BOOKS.I DO NOT HAVE THESE BOOKS,SO IDO NOT KNOW IF THERE IS ANY INFO IN THE BOOK ON THE SCALE.YOU CAN FIND THESE BOOKS ON EBAY AND AMAZON.
Sorry Joe - Missed this comment.. It's a bracket to attach a mini webcab too. Using a camera magnifies the image about 100 times and eliminates all parallax error.
I HAVE A RCBS POWDER AND BULLET SCALE FROM 1964 THAT HAS A MAGNETIC DAMPING SYSTEM.THE BEAM,DIAL,THUMB SCREW,PAN HANGER AND PAN ARE IDENTICAL TO THE REDDING NO2 POWDER AND;BULLET SCALE.THE MAGNETS ARE EXPOSED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE SCALE TOWER NOT INSIDE THE TOWER LIKE THE REDDING NO2 AND THE THUMB SCREW IS TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BODY FOR EASY ADJUSTING.I SAW A RCBS PRODUCT CATALOG FROM 1964 THAT SAID THEY WERE TO INTRODUCE THE RCBS POWDER AND BULLET SCALE IN SEP.1 1964.I HAVE BOUGHT THREE OF THIS RCBS POWDER AND BULLET&;SCALES OFF EBAY.THERE IS NO QUESTION IN MY MIND WHO EVER MAKES THE REDDING SCALE ALSO MADE THE 1964 RCBS POWDER AND BULLET SCALE.
That's interesting Henry - have you any photos of your scales or a ling to a google image. I have a around 30 beam scales, many of them no longer made. Some of the old oil damped scales are of excellent quality.
TYPE IN RCBS POWDER BULLET SCALE IMAGES. SCROLL UNTIL YOU SEE IMAGES(PHOTOS).CLICK ON IMAGES.IT WILL SHOW DIFFERENT RCBS SCALES.I SAW ONE PHOTO OF THE SCALE I AM TALKING ABOUT.THE PHOTO SHOWS THE BOX,INSTRUCTIONS AND SCALE.LET ME KNOW IF YOU FIND IT.IF YOU CAN NOT FIND IT,IF YOU CAN GIVE ME YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS.I WILL GET MY DAUGHTER TO TAKE A PHOTO AND SEND IT TO YOU.
I have a vintage Redding No1 scale with the hydraulic dampening system. It sticks if I gently set the pan on, and if I tap the bench or gently blow on the beam, it will begin to balance, but is not always repeatable. How can I improve the performance of this old scale?
Hi Casey - The old Redding No 1 is a very good scale, introduced in 1953 - it's only the inconvenience of the oil damping that is it's downside. Solid base, well cut and engraved beam and only 0-350gn which I consider a plus point. You have three possible problems - First move is to really clean the knife edges and bearings, also the pan hanger stirrup points with a toothbrush and spirit of some kind. Check the knife edges under a strong glass to see if there are any dull spots of burrs, just touch with a flat stone will dress them. The bearings rarely give any problems as long as they are spotless. Another possible point of friction is the knife edge tips, these should come to a point and the point level with the knife edge, then if the tips are in contact with the bearing end plates they pivot on a single point, not scribe an arc when the beam moves. The only other point of concern is the pan hanger stirrup. The point where the stirrup hangs are also a small set of knife edges, check they are clean and facing vertically and the stirrup is free to swing in the centre of the groove... I hope that helps, let me know how you get on.
How did you attache the extended pinter? After you recommended this scale I bought it and now will try to tune it myself as far as I manage to do so. When it came it did not work at all since the Beam was rubbing against the display on the left. Had to bend it out to make it even work. I will fill it with plaster, fit the extended pointer and put the dampening foam in (the easy stuff). I ordered the camera you use already. Hope it works with Apple, too. Would love to have the ball bearing knob, get the knifes of beam and hanger polished, get the camera brecket and maybe get extra weights in the bottom once you have time on your hands.
The pointer on the Redding is not so easy - I remove the scale plate by pushing out the two rivets that hold it in place, then file a small notch to take the thin pointer and glue it in place then re-fit the scale plate. Make sure the damping magnets are working correctly before you fill it with plaster - you can't change them once it's done. I don't think any webcams work with an Ipad. you could use this other idea of mine. th-cam.com/video/slqE3kodO8Y/w-d-xo.html
I really don't think it's that much of a disadvantage - Both Redding and Hornady use steel bearings. Heat treated/hardened carbon steel and Agate are just about the same hardness at about 6-7 Mohs, with Diamond being 10.
+bldavis11 The cameras are very cheap. They're plug and play USB, 5 megpix. The only thing to watch out for is that they must have a lens that can be manually focused down to just a couple of inches. These little cameras can now plug directly into an android tablet and run with a free app called "camerafi"
Alan, thank you for the info on both the USB camera as well as CameraFi, I have it all working with my #2 scale and Nexus7 tablet, love it! Best regards, Chris.
Hi Thomas - Thanks for the interest in my scale videos. Unfortunately I'm so backed up with other projects I just can't take on any scale work at present.
Nothing special Reg, the colour of these scales varies depending on when they were made. I took the scale down to my local auto spares store and found the best match spray can. This particular one is Ford signal green.
I FOUND ANOTHER PHOTO TYPE GOOGLE IMAGES THEN TYPE RCBS POWDER AND BULLET SCALE 9TH ROW OF PHOTOS LAST PHOTO ON 9TH ROW.THE SCALE IS SITTING ON WHITE WOOD BOARDS WITH WHITE BRICKS BEHIND IT.THAT IS MY SCALE I BOUGHT OF EBAY.
I've found it Henry. C $75. I've not seen one like that before. You are right, the beam, hanger, pan, pivot bearings and end plates are exact same as the Redding No2. The base has the same leveling screw as the Hornady/Pacific "M" type That model must have been a short lived, stop-gap with external magnets before the 502, 505 was introduced. There seems to be very little information about this old reloading gear, I'll investigate this further.
Unfortunately not Derrick - they are custom made as required. The good part is that they are hardly ever needed on the Redding No 2, they are certainly one of the better scales.
The bearings on the Redding are fixed, unlike the RCBS floating bearing system. If the fixed bearing are out of line the knife edge won't sit evenly in the bottom of the "V" and will give false readings. In this scale, they were in alignment, just in the wrong place.
Hi Anthony - Thanks for the interest but unfortunately I can't take on any scale work at the moment - I have backlog of work that will keep me busy well into next year.
thetargetmaster thanks, my Redding scale checks good at 5 gr with a check weight on the large side, but when I check it on the small side at 5 gr it shows 5.4 gr
@@scottharrison574 That's a bummer Scott, and almost impossible to correct. I think t yours must be one of the more recent ones with the applied tape scale - the older etched beam never seemed to have this problem. If you know the error and allow for it or use check weights at about the weight you require it's not really a problem, your scale should still repeat consistently and reliably.
Not easily - Since around 2010 all 505's were made in either China or Mexico. No matter what it says cast into the base of the scale, the only way to tell where it was actually made is to look on the cardboard box. RCBS stopped making the 502, 505 and 10/10 around three years ago.
Dont confuse corporate greed with appriciation for quality tooling. Great job by the way on tuning you have inspired me once again.
+Troy Booth ... Hello Troy - Have you got another scale project lined up? I'm thinking about making one from scratch.
Don't confuse corporate greed with central banking destruction of the purchasing power of money through inflation (increasing the supply of money). Remember companies that manufacture and sell balance beam scales have lots and lots of competition: The central bank that supplies you with your "money" has no competition. The central banks have monopolies, name a manufacturer of balance beam scales that has a monopoly. When central bankers debase and devalue the purchasing power of your money manufacturers have two choice, raise the price or cut quality, size, features and etc...
That's my scales. What can I say other than what a massive improvement. Many thanks Alan.
+Mark Downing ... You're welcome Mark - Just sorry you had a long wait for them.
Happy I stumbled across this channel.
A well made video to be sure!
As us old timers say,
They don't makem like they used to...
Thanks.
Thank you TJ. I quite agree, I'm afraid the time when you could repair anything is coming to a close, the "fit new" throw it away mentality has taken over.
Very few of the youngsters now seem to be able to actually make or fix anything.
Damn right Targetmaster !!!
THANKS for this video. I just got my new Redding #2 and frankly... it didn't really make the grade. Mine had a few issues. One was the "slot" in the casting was literally "bent". It was concave on one side, convex on the other. The slot has no effect on the damping, its just a place for the copper arm to ride between the magnets in the casting. First, the copper arm was "bent", probably by the factory trying to get it out the door. I squared that very carefully using a 2 inch machinist square. Then I draw filed the casting slot so the arm would clear the slot (it was sticking in the "up" and "down" positions). The beam had a big nasty burr at the end too, which would literally stick into the casting. That one was a bit harder to find, but once it was just barely stoned smooth, it fixed it. The bearing rods are not hardened at all. I removed mine, because they were off center like yours. In so doing, I cleaned up the ends of the bearing rods with a file and put little bevels on them to make insertion easy. Filed with no effort. The rods are soft steel. However I was able to center them, get the V's level and use a bit of paint to seal them in place. I "reversed" the rods so they would have the V notch more centered and not stick out too far from the casting. If they need removing again, I'll drill two cross holes and tap them for 2-56 set screws. Also, my small poise was off a bit. It was too heavy and would not read the same as the large poise in 5 grain increments. The NIST traceable weights were just about spot on for the big poise, out to 420 grains, about 1/2 of a .1 grain off. Very good I'd say. But the small poise was .25 "off", moving the center indicator high. I had to clip a bit of metal off the poise to get its weight ok at 5 grains. Going backward, it measured fine right ro .2 grains which is the smallest weight I've got. Like you, I filled my base, but I used a handful of 45acp cast boolits and electrical potting resin. Weighs real nice now and if it wasn't for the cheap-ass pan holder, which lets the pan slide off at a whim, it would be a real deluxe scale.
Thanks again for the video... really got my eyes open to what can be done with a crud balance. Hope all this helps somebody. Redding could do better on this scale, but its made as cheap as they can. Sad.
Excellent work - It's just a pity you needed to do it in the first place. There's been a steady decline in the quality of nearly all these scales from most manufactures over the last 10-15 years, however I have been getting good results with the RCBS M500 lately.
It's infuriating as to what these scales cost and the low quality that is received by the customer, and instead of the scale manufacturers selling a quality product, the responsibility to fix the problem is passed onto the customer.
I must agree - They mostly do the job but all are made at the lowest cost for maximum profit.
Great video Alan. Would love to have my scales tuned by you!
I just found mine, which I purchased new in 1970 for $10.95. Cost new now $114 !
Should have bought ten at that price :) I hope you bought 50,000 primers three years ago. :)
You do awesome work! Great video! Cmax
Very informative and a superb job as ever :)
+David B ....Thanks Dave, appreciated.
Attention to detail. Craftsman. Nice job!
Thank you Gunner - Always like to be working with my hands.
Beautiful
This looks great !! I'm looking forward to mine when they come Allen. I use a magnifier app on my iPhone 📱 for looking at things also. :)
Very smart and functional! Unfortunately the modern trend is towards cheapening an existing good product to get more profit out of it, I think that these products, being made for predominately American market, are squeezing the profit margin to the limit, as no one in America seems to be willing to pay much for anything, their target market should be Europe, where buyers appreciate quality and it's cost. I really like the lead ballast in the base ! I am off to the workshop to make some for my balance.
I would be willing to be $10 that the profit margin at Redding Corporation is no higher than it was in 1965. I would also bet that the profit margin at Redding Corporation is lower than it was in 1965. When your central bank through inflation destroys the purchasing power of the money we use to buy things manufactures have three choices: raise the price, reduce the quality, or go broke. Redding has lots and lots of competition; all their competitors face the same dilemma. Your central bank has no competition, it can debase, devalue and destroy the money at will; central bankers have a monopoly on the most important element involved in commerce, the money. The bankers are making a lot higher profit now than they did in 1965, your ire is misplaced.
Great video. Am I better buying an older version of this scale as opposed to a new one?. It seems that the older ones are better made. I have my eye on one but don't know how old it is?
Yes, in general, the older scales were better made - If you can find one that has not been abused I would grab it.
HI ALAN,HANDLOADERS DIGEST 5TH EDITION 1970 AND 6TH EDTION 1977 HAS THE RCBS POWDER AND BULLET SCALE ON THE FRONT COVER OF THE BOOKS.I DO NOT HAVE THESE BOOKS,SO IDO NOT KNOW IF THERE IS ANY INFO IN THE BOOK ON THE SCALE.YOU CAN FIND THESE BOOKS ON EBAY AND AMAZON.
Would you be able to make the height adjustment available for sale or could you post a link please?
What in hades is the metal bracket with the 2 screws on the front? You don't even mention it do you?
Sorry Joe - Missed this comment.. It's a bracket to attach a mini webcab too. Using a camera magnifies the image about 100 times and eliminates all parallax error.
I THINK THE SCALE WITH THE KNURLED ADJUSTING SCREW AND THE ETCHED BEAM IS FROM THE 1960'S I HAVE ONE FROM 1970 AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE MIDDLE SCALE.
You could well be right Henry - Ohaus first introduced the magnetic damping system to the reloading world in 1968.
I HAVE A RCBS POWDER AND BULLET SCALE FROM 1964 THAT HAS A MAGNETIC DAMPING SYSTEM.THE BEAM,DIAL,THUMB SCREW,PAN HANGER AND PAN ARE IDENTICAL TO THE REDDING NO2 POWDER AND;BULLET SCALE.THE MAGNETS ARE EXPOSED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE SCALE TOWER NOT INSIDE THE TOWER LIKE THE REDDING NO2 AND THE THUMB SCREW IS TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BODY FOR EASY ADJUSTING.I SAW A RCBS PRODUCT CATALOG FROM 1964 THAT SAID THEY WERE TO INTRODUCE THE RCBS POWDER AND BULLET SCALE IN SEP.1 1964.I HAVE BOUGHT THREE OF THIS RCBS POWDER AND BULLET&;SCALES OFF EBAY.THERE IS NO QUESTION IN MY MIND WHO EVER MAKES THE REDDING SCALE ALSO MADE THE 1964 RCBS POWDER AND BULLET SCALE.
That's interesting Henry - have you any photos of your scales or a ling to a google image.
I have a around 30 beam scales, many of them no longer made. Some of the old oil damped scales are of excellent quality.
TYPE IN RCBS POWDER BULLET SCALE IMAGES. SCROLL UNTIL YOU SEE IMAGES(PHOTOS).CLICK ON IMAGES.IT WILL SHOW DIFFERENT RCBS SCALES.I SAW ONE PHOTO OF THE SCALE I AM TALKING ABOUT.THE PHOTO SHOWS THE BOX,INSTRUCTIONS AND SCALE.LET ME KNOW IF YOU FIND IT.IF YOU CAN NOT FIND IT,IF YOU CAN GIVE ME YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS.I WILL GET MY DAUGHTER TO TAKE A PHOTO AND SEND IT TO YOU.
HENRY CHRISTOPHER b
I have a vintage Redding No1 scale with the hydraulic dampening system. It sticks if I gently set the pan on, and if I tap the bench or gently blow on the beam, it will begin to balance, but is not always repeatable. How can I improve the performance of this old scale?
Hi Casey - The old Redding No 1 is a very good scale, introduced in 1953 - it's only the inconvenience of the oil damping that is it's downside. Solid base, well cut and engraved beam and only 0-350gn which I consider a plus point.
You have three possible problems - First move is to really clean the knife edges and bearings, also the pan hanger stirrup points with a toothbrush and spirit of some kind. Check the knife edges under a strong glass to see if there are any dull spots of burrs, just touch with a flat stone will dress them. The bearings rarely give any problems as long as they are spotless. Another possible point of friction is the knife edge tips, these should come to a point and the point level with the knife edge, then if the tips are in contact with the bearing end plates they pivot on a single point, not scribe an arc when the beam moves. The only other point of concern is the pan hanger stirrup. The point where the stirrup hangs are also a small set of knife edges, check they are clean and facing vertically and the stirrup is free to swing in the centre of the groove... I hope that helps, let me know how you get on.
@@Targetmaster1066 thank you so much for the relply! I will check those spots you mentioned and will get back to you. Thanks again!!
How did you attache the extended pinter?
After you recommended this scale I bought it and now will try to tune it myself as far as I manage to do so.
When it came it did not work at all since the Beam was rubbing against the display on the left. Had to bend it out to make it even work.
I will fill it with plaster, fit the extended pointer and put the dampening foam in (the easy stuff). I ordered the camera you use already. Hope it works with Apple, too.
Would love to have the ball bearing knob, get the knifes of beam and hanger polished, get the camera brecket and maybe get extra weights in the bottom once you have time on your hands.
The pointer on the Redding is not so easy - I remove the scale plate by pushing out the two rivets that hold it in place, then file a small notch to take the thin pointer and glue it in place then re-fit the scale plate.
Make sure the damping magnets are working correctly before you fill it with plaster - you can't change them once it's done.
I don't think any webcams work with an Ipad. you could use this other idea of mine. th-cam.com/video/slqE3kodO8Y/w-d-xo.html
It's rather disappointing to learn that this scale doesn't use agate bearings.
I really don't think it's that much of a disadvantage - Both Redding and Hornady use steel bearings. Heat treated/hardened carbon steel and Agate are just about the same hardness at about 6-7 Mohs, with Diamond being 10.
Excellent! Thank you for sharing. What type of camera are you using on the scale?
+bldavis11 The cameras are very cheap. They're plug and play USB, 5 megpix. The only thing to watch out for is that they must have a lens that can be manually focused down to just a couple of inches.
These little cameras can now plug directly into an android tablet and run with a free app called "camerafi"
+thetargetmaster That's great information. Thank you once again!
Alan, can you advise on what camera you are using? Best regards!
Alan, thank you for the info on both the USB camera as well as CameraFi, I have it all working with my #2 scale and Nexus7 tablet, love it! Best regards, Chris.
Thanks Chris, pleased the system is working well for you.
Ok Allen whats the cost on the upgrade on the Redding No.2 scale, everything that I see makes sense.
Hi Thomas - Thanks for the interest in my scale videos. Unfortunately I'm so backed up with other projects I just can't take on any scale work at present.
Do the older models have the magnetic dampener?
All the Redding No 2's have magnetic damping, the earlier No 1's had oil damping and the even earlier ones had no damping.
Hi Allan
Can you tell me what color you used to match the Redding Green?
Nothing special Reg, the colour of these scales varies depending on when they were made. I took the scale down to my local auto spares store and found the best match spray can. This particular one is Ford signal green.
Thanks Allan
I have the old model #2 redding scale. Where can I get the roller ball transfer with the knurled bolt head ?
I make all the bits myself from scratch from bar stock.
I FOUND ANOTHER PHOTO TYPE GOOGLE IMAGES THEN TYPE RCBS POWDER AND BULLET SCALE 9TH ROW OF PHOTOS LAST PHOTO ON 9TH ROW.THE SCALE IS SITTING ON WHITE WOOD BOARDS WITH WHITE BRICKS BEHIND IT.THAT IS MY SCALE I BOUGHT OF EBAY.
I've found it Henry. C $75.
I've not seen one like that before. You are right, the beam, hanger, pan, pivot bearings and end plates are exact same as the Redding No2. The base has the same leveling screw as the Hornady/Pacific "M" type
That model must have been a short lived, stop-gap with external magnets before the 502, 505 was introduced. There seems to be very little information about this old reloading gear, I'll investigate this further.
Do you sell the bearings for the Redding scale?
Unfortunately not Derrick - they are custom made as required. The good part is that they are hardly ever needed on the Redding No 2, they are certainly one of the better scales.
I'd like to send my scale in for service
Unfortunately I can't take on any scale work at the moment - up to my ears in other projects, sorry.
What is the problem that these scales have with out of alignment bearings?
The bearings on the Redding are fixed, unlike the RCBS floating bearing system. If the fixed bearing are out of line the knife edge won't sit evenly in the bottom of the "V" and will give false readings. In this scale, they were in alignment, just in the wrong place.
Hi ,
Do you still do the scale tuning? I have a redding beam that is unusable that I would like you to do.
Hi Anthony - Thanks for the interest but unfortunately I can't take on any scale work at the moment - I have backlog of work that will keep me busy well into next year.
Are you taking on any scale work at the moment?
Thanks for the interest Scott but really sorry, can't take on any scale work at the moment as I'm committed to other projects.
thetargetmaster thanks, my Redding scale checks good at 5 gr with a check weight on the large side, but when I check it on the small side at 5 gr it shows 5.4 gr
@@scottharrison574 That's a bummer Scott, and almost impossible to correct. I think t yours must be one of the more recent ones with the applied tape scale - the older etched beam never seemed to have this problem. If you know the error and allow for it or use check weights at about the weight you require it's not really a problem, your scale should still repeat consistently and reliably.
Can you tune a rcbs 505?
The earlier ones usually tune up ok (pre about 2010) but unfortunately I'm too tied up with other projects to take on any scale work at the moment.
thetargetmaster how can you check to see what date your scale is made?
Not easily - Since around 2010 all 505's were made in either China or Mexico. No matter what it says cast into the base of the scale, the only way to tell where it was actually made is to look on the cardboard box. RCBS stopped making the 502, 505 and 10/10 around three years ago.
Someone from USA emailed me this morning 25or26th Dec '18 concerning this video - I'm sorry I lost your email address can you try again.