"Gary Warner" wrote in message
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Rod,

I really like this idea. I think it will be easily doable with the
materials,
scale, and setup we have. Thanks for taking time to draw out that
picture.

Another feature of this approach is that if you are not sure what the weight
is you can start with a really long lever, then slide the scale point
forward until you are in an appropriate range on the scale. In general,
being as close as you can to "full scale", without going over the limit,
will give you a more accurate measurement.

Rod