Antique Pan Scales

This set of antique pan scales with weights aims to be playable while honoring the importance of this tool for centuries and millennia!

Scales are vital to the progression of science and would have been in any apothecary shop or science laboratory throughout the history of STEM development.

Historically scales have weighed food, medicine, and herbs. The scales could have been made of brass, silver, gold, marble, or rare woods - now let's create a set out of LEGO pieces!

This LEGO fulcrum doesn't need polishing or oiling. The unit of mass is measured not in grams, ounces, or catties but in LEGO round 2x2 bricks and plates.

As builders play with this set they will see the scales sway and tip. The movement of balanced scales settling straight is an oddly satisfying thing to achieve.

In the top center of the scales, a pointer beam can help determine how balanced the scales load it.