Once again I find myself turning to the great array of esoteric knowledge housed on this fine forum
My apologies for bizarre thread title, but I promise it will become clear.
I've been tasked to produce a "game" that's remotely engineering-related. The idea is to guess the strength of a chunky kitkat when used as a simply-supported beam. Guess what you win
I'm knocking them up at minimal cost with mostly bits I have lying around, likely using a hand cranked screw to apply the load. Searching ebay for proper load cells and strain gauge brings up proper test equipment with proper price tags to match. I need something more rough and ready, more pound shop...
I reckon a set of digital fish/hanging scales would do, but what I absolutely need is a peak-hold feature, and not one where you can just freeze whatever value is currently being displayed (I think luggage scales do this?).
I'm not familiar with these scales, so I'd really appreciate if anyone knows of a suitable example? Or has any alternative ideas?
I promise to post a photo of the finished rig and some test results
Thanks,
Ant
My apologies for bizarre thread title, but I promise it will become clear.
I've been tasked to produce a "game" that's remotely engineering-related. The idea is to guess the strength of a chunky kitkat when used as a simply-supported beam. Guess what you win
I'm knocking them up at minimal cost with mostly bits I have lying around, likely using a hand cranked screw to apply the load. Searching ebay for proper load cells and strain gauge brings up proper test equipment with proper price tags to match. I need something more rough and ready, more pound shop...
I reckon a set of digital fish/hanging scales would do, but what I absolutely need is a peak-hold feature, and not one where you can just freeze whatever value is currently being displayed (I think luggage scales do this?).
I'm not familiar with these scales, so I'd really appreciate if anyone knows of a suitable example? Or has any alternative ideas?
I promise to post a photo of the finished rig and some test results
Thanks,
Ant