Cue scale recommendation

Something funny. Guys would come in my shop for one thing of another.
. They would see the scale and ask if they could weigh their cue. In many cases it didn't weight what they thought, no even on cues they had ordered and had built.
 
middleofnowhere said:
I just mentioned it. I used to buy and sell gold so I have those scales. I once got stopped by a cop and they did a car search. Seems those triple beam scales were were a tip off for drug dealers. I should add the car was driving when I got stopped as well as that fancy triangular case sitting on the passenger seat was kind of alarming to the cop.

In fact now that I'm thinking about it back in those days you couldn't even buy one of those triple beam scales. You had to go to a medical supply and buy one and fill out paperwork like you're buying a gun. They were considered drug paraphernalia. Now you can probably just buy one off eBay.
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I only ever used one in school--middle/junior high, I think--which is the only reason I knew of them, although I'm sure that I've seen them on tv shows.

I've known of scales being considered "drug paraphernalia", but never knew that they were purchase-controlled (the beam ones). [Off topic, I also wasn't aware that there was an 'r' in "paraphernalia" until now....]
 
I have never weighed a cue, it just doesn't matter to me what they weigh and I don't plan on selling any of mine so I don't need to know for that purpose either. I guess this is information nobody wanted or needed, just thought I would share anyhow. 😁
 
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heater451 said:
I only ever used one in school--middle/junior high, I think--which is the only reason I knew of them, although I'm sure that I've seen them on tv shows.

I've known of scales being considered "drug paraphernalia", but never knew that they were purchase-controlled (the beam ones). [Off topic, I also wasn't aware that there was an 'r' in "paraphernalia" until now....]
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You'll have to discuss any misspellings with my voice to text on my phone.
I always have to check it when I use it. Forget misspellings, sometimes it's switches around the words.
Just recently I wrote something and it changed the word me to you for some reason. So changing the meaning as to be completely embarrassing..
 
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heater451 said:
I only ever used one in school--middle/junior high, I think--which is the only reason I knew of them, although I'm sure that I've seen them on tv shows.

I've known of scales being considered "drug paraphernalia", but never knew that they were purchase-controlled (the beam ones). [Off topic, I also wasn't aware that there was an 'r' in "paraphernalia" until now....]
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This got me curious where that scale was. I don't really do much cue work anymore. I went out to the shop and found it in a cabinet. Looks like it has not been used for a while. I used it a lot to mix finish by weight.
 

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A napkin or paper towel works in a pinch to keep the cues from rolling off. I too used to have a block of wood with 2 V-grooves cut into it. Sounds like a 3d printing job today, haha. I like the egg carton idea mentioned earlier.
 
Any of the food or postal scales will work. The size good for pool cues is usually labeled 0-5 lbs. They are all about $10 to $20. One thing to watch out for, some of the displays are better than others. You can scroll through the pictures to see how they draw the numbers.

Another thing that drove me nuts on one I had, enough that I stopped using it and bought another, was I'd want to measure in grams. It always reverted to lbs. I'd have to push the button a few times to reset the units. I was using it for cooking so would use it many times a day for various ingredients. It also had an auto-off of about a minute. So every ingredient I'd put in I'd have to turn it back on and reset the units.
 
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