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Step on a scale holding whatever you want to weigh.
Put down the thing
Step on a scale not holding the thing you want to weigh.
Subtract the second number from the first.
I realized I didn't need a special scale to weigh light things if I just did it like that.
Now lift it up 11 more times. You've done a set... do it four more times, move on to the next object.
(I think OP is more talking about thinks you can't bring to a scale)
This is a great method if you own the object in question... Sounds like OP is curious about equipment at their local public gym though.
I was under the impression most gyms had a scale, but I have a sample size of one gym that I've ever been to, and that gym had a scale.
Maybe that's not as common as I imagined it was.
My gym has a scale, but not a digital one and it would be... Unusual, if not somewhat dangerous, to bring a bar across the entire place to where it's placed.
I can see reasons why they wouldn't want to do that, even if there is a scale.
Unusual? Sure.
Dangerous? Are you planning to carry it perpendicular to your body? That's like how a car is dangerous if you drive it on the sidewalk.
Depends on your gym layout I guess. I've done this a few times when the bar weight felt off at a new gym. Do what you need to do. Don't let the fear of weird looks deter you.
OP is looking for the weight of the bar on a smith machine, which means they'll have to take the scale with them to the machine. That's definitely not going to fly in most gyms. Nor would it work on the weights on a machine's weight stack.
Or, just put the thing on the scale?
Many scales won't register low weights, that's what this method is for.
Or for something less wieldy like a large rucksack or a weights bar, you can be sure that you're getting the accurate weight by holding it and putting your two feet on the scale correctly instead of trying to manipulate the object itself.