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===Top Bar=== | ===Top Bar=== | ||
This is probably the easiest piece; all that's needed is to make a brick that has a length of one, and a width of about 31. | This is probably the easiest piece; all that's needed is to make a brick that has a length of one, and a width of about 31. | ||
'''This Part is very critical''' if this gets even one snap out of position, the whole scale malfunctions, so make sure you have it in balance. Use bricks to see if you have 15 on each side, why 15? Remember how I said the top bar was 31 snaps long? The centermost snap is to be aligned with the hinges later, leaving the 15 on either side of it. | '''This Part is very critical''' if this gets even one snap out of position, the whole scale malfunctions, so make sure you have it in balance. Use bricks to see if you have 15 on each side, why 15? Remember how I said the top bar was 31 snaps long? The centermost snap is to be aligned with the hinges later, leaving the 15 on either side of it. ‘‘‘Do NOT anchor this piece''' | ||
‘‘‘Do NOT anchor this piece''' | |||
===Scale Pans=== | ===Scale Pans=== | ||
These are crucial, even if the top bar is perfectly aligned of these two scale pans aren't exactly the same, it goes out of balance. | |||
So lets start with the base of the scale pan, get out another brick, color still doesn't matter, though it looks nice if you keep it consistent with all the other colors. Make this brick a square about 8x8 snaps, and then make its surface weld. | So lets start with the base of the scale pan, get out another brick, color still doesn't matter, though it looks nice if you keep it consistent with all the other colors. Make this brick a square about 8x8 snaps, and then make its surface weld. | ||
Make a barrier on this base so that you see only 7x7 out of the 8x8, might I suggest making a barrier that can stop what ever it is your using as a weight from sliding or rolling off. Make a brick that has a base area of 1x1 and a height measurement of 10, center this on the base of your visible scale pan base area. Simply, center it on the scale pan. Group this together and then duplicate it, this ensures they are -exactly- the same. '''Do | Make a barrier on this base so that you see only 7x7 out of the 8x8, might I suggest making a barrier that can stop what ever it is your using as a weight from sliding or rolling off. Make a brick that has a base area of 1x1 and a height measurement of 10, center this on the base of your visible scale pan base area. Simply, center it on the scale pan. Group this together and then duplicate it, this ensures they are -exactly- the same. '''Do NOT anchor these''' | ||
==The Construction== | ==The Construction== | ||
This is where all the parts come together. Take the joint, and center it on top of the support pole. It doesn’t matter which way it faces, as long as it's centered. Center and align the top bar with the hinges in the joint, this ensures it will stay in balance. Take one scale pan and put so that it is hanging from the very end of the top bar, do this for both sides, make sure both of them are an equal distance from the joint or it will rise on end and sag on the other. Once you have done this, make some weights -- however you want, and you're done! | This is where all the parts come together. Take the joint, and center it on top of the support pole. It doesn’t matter which way it faces, as long as it's centered. Center and align the top bar with the hinges in the joint, this ensures it will stay in balance. Take one scale pan and put so that it is hanging from the very end of the top bar, do this for both sides, make sure both of them are an equal distance from the joint or it will rise on end and sag on the other. Once you have done this, make some weights -- however you want, and you're done! | ||
[[Category:Building Tutorials]] | [[Category:Building Tutorials]] | ||