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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 496222, member: 25"]The pans do not appear to match. I have had a few of these and the pans matched and would balance empty. Simple answer is to add a few grams of modelling clay to the light pan.</p><p>I'd say they could be used anywhere you want fairly accurate weight, but they are not good enough for even schoolroom lab work.</p><p><br /></p><p>Afterthought, a moneychanger when money was gold and silver, would be most likely to find these useful. The fact that it can be dismantled and packed in the box adds to this theory, market shroffs would be peripatetic.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 496222, member: 25"]The pans do not appear to match. I have had a few of these and the pans matched and would balance empty. Simple answer is to add a few grams of modelling clay to the light pan. I'd say they could be used anywhere you want fairly accurate weight, but they are not good enough for even schoolroom lab work. Afterthought, a moneychanger when money was gold and silver, would be most likely to find these useful. The fact that it can be dismantled and packed in the box adds to this theory, market shroffs would be peripatetic.[/QUOTE]
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