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by 6510 1856 days ago
terrible example. You can just make a square from pearls and multiply. If you need to do a lot of it make a box with numbers on the side, tilt it then count and add the remaining row. The weight is probably not irregular enough to justify the tool. There are better examples on the website.

Pricing is just silly. I'm sure it is worth that much to some 0.001% of the potential market.

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Natural pearl sizing varies widely and they aren't perfect spheres either.
You are going to have to sort them eventually.
The pictures show them as different sizes.
The example with pipes on a truck is that much better. From my experience if you have 100 people count those by hand at least 10 will get it wrong.