Weight of various LEGO elements?

[Andy D]

I went to Lgoland yesterday, bought a bunch of misc parts, some 1x1 plates, some 1x2 tiles and many other assorted goodies. Now I am sorting these pieces into my inventory and I started thinking that I also need to count these parts! I can't just put one "hand full" of 1x1 gray plates, two "hand full" 1x2 gold grates, etc. I started to think about weight.

I know that there are several Bricklink store owners here and it seems to me that they must weigh large quantities of things 1x1's, 1x2's, in fact anything they sell.

Does anyone have a reference to a LEGO parts weight to piece count table?

Any help here will be much, much appreciated as I do not want to use "hand fulls" as a unit of measure in my inventory.

Thanks,

Andy D

[Erik Leppen]

Count 50 parts, weigh them.

Weigh everything, divide by weight of 50 parts, multiply by 50. That will be the approximate part count.

[Robert_88]

Count 50 parts, weigh them.

Weigh everything, divide by weight of 50 parts, multiply by 50. That will be the approximate part count.

Probably the best solution. But you will find the weight of every part on Bricklink.

[Andy D]

Thanks to Erik and Robert. I have been think about the weigh and count solution as well and it is probably what I will do. Now off to "the river", Amazon to find a scale.

Thanks,

Andy D

[eurotrash]

You know you're beginning to slip further down the 'AFOL rabbit hole' when you have to start weighing pieces to count them.

I sense an intervention in future Andy

[1974]

BL has weight on just about every part

[Andy D]

You know you're beginning to slip further down the 'AFOL rabbit hole' when you have to start weighing pieces to count them.

I sense an intervention in future Andy

Well, at least I do plan to weigh and count... Not record in my inventory by weight, or worse yet inventory by the "hand full".

As for the intervention... I don't have a LEGO problem, not at all, I do not have a LEGO problem!

Thanks for help and concern.

Andy D

Edited July 16, 2013 by Andy D

[Andy D]

BL has weight on just about every part

Thanks, I found it. It is not the table I was hoping for, but if I look up each part type I can find the weight. Now the question is...

Is it faster to look up each part to find out the weight?

--or--

Weigh a bunch to find the weight?

Time will tell, I am sure it will be different for different pieces.

Thanks,

Andy D

P.S. eurotrash - is it possible that I (like most others on this forum) do have a problem with my LEGO hobby (yeah, let's call it a hobby). Nah, none of us has a problem. ;)

[eurotrash]

P.S. eurotrash - is it possible that I (like most others on this forum) do have a problem with my LEGO hobby (yeah, let's call it a hobby). Nah, none of us has a problem. ;)

Don't worry, you're amongst friends.

Although as an anecdote I used to be heavily into Mountain Biking (Pace RC 200 frame) and it wasn't until I was discovered on the kitchen floor weighing titanium bolts to see exactly how many grams per $ I could shave off from the overall weight of the bike that I realized I had a problem.

Sweet ride though http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8208/8236659075_876312d04a_c.jpg (not mine)

[Legogal]

I like the weighing approach. We have scales in our home office that are so accurate, buyers have to be registered with the US government...to deter drug dealers and others with building skills we can't discuss here. Guess it is time to take the plunge because I need to do an inventory of parts, which mostly are sorted by color and type.

Does anyone know the weight of 50 or 100 one by one bricks, plates, rounds, etc.? That seems a good place to begin followed by one by twos and one by threes and one by fours. Once I have about 11 spare days, this should be a doable project!

[Andy D]

I like the weighing approach. We have scales in our home office that are so accurate, buyers have to be registered with the US government...to deter drug dealers and others with building skills we can't discuss here. Guess it is time to take the plunge because I need to do an inventory of parts, which mostly are sorted by color and type.

Does anyone know the weight of 50 or 100 one by one bricks, plates, rounds, etc.? That seems a good place to begin followed by one by twos and one by threes and one by fours. Once I have about 11 spare days, this should be a doable project!

Well, I don't have a scale that is on the US Government restricted list, but I did find a fairly nice digital kitchen scale that can be swithed among multiple units (grams, ounces and pounds). Weighs up to 11 pounds.

Bricklink has the weight of individual bricks of each type, but you must look up each brick.

Eleven days for a doable project. You really are an optimist, to me sorting looks like a never ending project, but I guess that's all part of the obesession... er hobby.

Andy D