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===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. | 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 | So let's 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 not anchor these. | 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. | ||