RCBS M500 - Main Features; Unpacking

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• Magneticdamping
• Levelingfootforeasyzerobalancingofscale
• Ruggeddie-castaluminumbase
• Ambidextrousdesign
• Ambidextrousscalepan
TheM500hasa505-graincapacity,andfeaturesatwo-poisesystem.Adjust
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mentsmadeusingthemainpoise,ontheleftsideofthebeam,adjustfrom5to
500grains,in5-grainincrements.Thesmallpoiseonrightsideofbeamadjusts
from0to5grains,in0.1grainincrements.TheM500utilizesmagneticdampingto
eliminateunnecessarybeamoscillation.Itfeaturesaruggeddie-castbasewitha
largeadjustablefootforextrastabilityonthebench.Self-aligningceramicbearings
supportthehardenedsteelbeampivotstoguaranteesensitivityto0.1grain.Ambi
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dextrousdesignwithdualgraduationmarkingsallowstheusertoreadtheweight
readings from either side of the scale.
UNPACKING
YourM500scaleispackedinaspeciallydesignedcartontoprovidemaximumpro
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tection.Unpackthescalecarefullytoavoiddamagingcomponents.Identifypartsas
youcarefullyunpack(Photo1).
TheM500scaleisahighlyprecisereloadinginstrument.Wesuggestusingeither
OIMLClassF2standardcheckweightsorNISTclassFRCBS
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CheckWeightsas
standardcheckweightsforcheckingtheaccuracyofyourscale.
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ToassembleyourM500scale,placethebeamassemblyontothebasebyrst
insertingthedampingvaneinbetweenthezeroreferencepointers(Photo2).
Nextrestthesharpedgesofthepivotportionofthebeamontotheceramicbearings
(Photo3).Placepansupportontoshacklelocatedattheendofthebeam(Photo4).
Tocompleteassemblyplacescalepanontopansupport(photo5).
Photo1:ScaleComponents
BEAM ASSEMBLY
BASE
SCALE PAN
SCALE PAN
SUPPORT