DEdwards Posted November 14, 2005 Report Share Posted November 14, 2005 Trying to see how much my jig head weights after I dremeled on it for awhile. Any suggestion on how to weight the heads? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesehead Posted November 14, 2005 Report Share Posted November 14, 2005 here's two ways # 1 use a diet scale and weigh a couple of them. Divide the total weight by the number of pieces to get the average the weight of each. #2 build a balance bar and compare them against a known weight. to build a balance bar take a small straight piece of wood of metal.attach a string in the exact middle of it. Hold it by the string to make sure the bar hangs level, adjust the string position if necessary. place your jig head at one end and the known weight at the other end the exact distance from the center point as your jig head is. Keep adding known amounts of weight until your bar hangs level. add up the weight your jig head will weigh the same. I prefer method #1 it's a lot easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 You could also take two jigs of known weight, one slightly heavier than what you are looking for and one slightly lighter, or one exactly the same weight. Place each jig in a small cup of water by itself and mark the level the water rises to. You can then place your jig in and compare how much water it displaces compared to the jigs of known weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elken Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 Find someone that reloads ammo and use their powder scale to weigh the jigs. (unless they are over 1 oz. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassAssault Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 I bought a gram/oz scale of of ebay that has a capacity of 100 grams/ 3.5 oz for about $30 which includes S/H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 If this is a one time thing and you wouldn't be making a pest of yourself, try your neighborhood jewler, and ask for the favor of him weighing it for you. Pop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbor Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 when looking at jigheads I notices that some heads when put on a 1/32 oz thill float ran the float to low so I got out the scale and weighed the lot. An example: all weights in grains. 1/32=13.67 grains 1/16=27.34 grains and 3/32=41.01 grains Bluefox 1/32 heads were pretty accurate at 14 grains custon heads ran 14.5 at the lowest and normally in the 15.5 range which is why they did not work well on a float. now this is a very sensitive float. Custom 1/16 oz heads ran 30.5 to 32 and custom 3/32 oz ran 41.3 to 43.5 If you want some weighed you can send them to me with a 1$ for return shipping. go_rob_go@yahoo.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
