How to Make a Scale

Introduction

Scales are any easy thing to make the only requirements is to have some knowledge of the hinge surface type, if you don’t, there’s a tutorial in basic Building that explains all the different surface types, might I also add that this is best done in Edit mode. If you're here simply for a scale and not to build one on your own, simply click here and take a copy of mine, here’s the link http://www.roblox.com/Item.aspx?ID=529805&UserAssetID=1979212

The Scale

This scale Really will react to variances in mass of bricks, depend on how you make your support and you axis it can react very little or very violently

The support

Start by getting out a brick, any brick, doesn't matter. Now make this brick from 2x4 to 1x1. Don’t know how? Click on the brick, use the resize tool then adjust the width and length. Now make this brick tall, about 30 blocks tall, this way there will be room for the scales Pans to move up and down. Now we have our support, anchor it.

The Joint

Now something is needed something for this thing to move upon, something that will allow it to bob up and down. This is where you need to know how use the hinge surface. For starters duplicate the support, now take the duplicate and make it 3 bricks tall, now duplicate it again, and one more time. Now take the 3rd one and using the resize tool make it one brick tall again, but now instead of 1x1 make it 1x3 Take the new 1 by 3 brick and make its top surface weld, now remember those bricks we made that are 3 bricks tall? Now set those on the weld surface of the 1x3 so that there is room for a another brick in between them

The Hinges

This part is interesting, on the newest section, hinges are needed, on the bricks that are 3 bricks tall they should each have a face that faces the other one, now apply hinge to those two sides that face each other, this will allow the top bar to move and react. now group these 3 things, and anchor them, these are important later on

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 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? Well the center most snap is to be aligned with the hinges later, leaving the 15 on either side of it. So now I have this? ‘‘‘Do NOT anchor this piece

Scale Pans

Now 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. So make this brick a square about 8x8 snaps, and then make its surface weld. Now 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. Now 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. put simply, center it on the scale pan. Now group this together and then duplicate it, this ensures they are Exactly the same. Do NOT I repeat do NOT anchor these

The Construction

This is where all the parts come together, ok so take the joint, and center it on top of the support pole doesn’t matter which way it faces, as long as it's centered. now center and align the top bar with the hinges in the joint, this ensures it will stay in balance. now take one scale pan and put so that it is hanging from the very end of the top bar, do this for oth sides, make sure both of them are an equal distance from the joint or it will rise on end and sag on the other. one you have doe this, make some weights however you want, and your done!

Recap

So we just learned how to: 1: make use of the hinge surface 2: learned to make a fun new toy 3: learned that equality and symmetry can be crucial