 | | How many pieces in a pound? (estimation...) —Karl Paulsen
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| | | Good Afternoon, I'm looking to estimate the number of pieces in my collection. I have an average mix of bricks and specialty pieces, That have come from sets, but also from garage sale aquisitions, PAB, and friends donations. I don't have the time (...) (18 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: How many pieces in a pound? (estimation...) —David Eaton
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| | | | (...) The estimations I've heard and used (to reasonable accuracy) are 400/pound and 500/pound. So I generally go with 450/pound and it seems to work out ok. I've also heard the estimation 1000/kg, which works out to roughly 454/pound, which is (...) (18 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: How many pieces in a pound? (estimation...) —Karl Paulsen
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| | | | (...) Thanks DaveE, After I get the weight of one of my dollar store microwave containers (my preferred means of storage) from the delicate mail shipping scale here at work, I am going to try this out. Much Appreciated, Karl (18 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: How many pieces in a pound? (estimation...) —David Eaton
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| | | | (...) For the curious, I'm actually in the middle of doing a more precise calculation. After I answered yesterday, I went around and looked for previous LUGNET posts on the matter, and found a staggering number of estimations for less pieces per (...) (18 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: How many pieces in a pound? (estimation...) —David Eaton
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| | | | | (...) So, for starters, I checked the weight of my entire collection according to Peeron: Total Weight: 446376.280000005 grams Total Pieces: 367662 Total with weight: 10426 Total without weight: 2541 Total pieces with weight: 339630 Total pieces (...) (18 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: How many pieces in a pound? (estimation...) —Doug Eaton
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| | | | | | (...) OK Dave, you have me scared now. Accoring to Peeron, I have 335367 parts from sets. Add several hundred pounds of Pick-A-Brick and I seem to be in the half-ton ballpark as well. That number just sounds huge. Or it means I am half way there. (...) (18 years ago, 14-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: How many pieces in a pound? (estimation...) —Timothy P. Smith
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| | | | (...) BrickLink also has info (in many cases) for the weight of: the complete set, the original box, and the instructions, from which you could calculate the weight of just the parts (and polybags). Newer sets are more likely to have more complete (...) (18 years ago, 12-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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