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Old 2012-04-13, 12:54   Link #5565
Vexx
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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Age: 66
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Originally Posted by SaintessHeart View Post
I need a straight rod to perfectly balance it.....I am thinking of stuffing the frame with disposable wooden chopsticks to make it rigid, but that won't make it heavy enough.
Yeah, if you have a "long route through the prop" you could implant a threaded rod in it (they're at most hardware stores - cylindrical metal rods of varying diameters that are threaded).

http://www.google.com/products/catal...d=0CIQBEPMCMAM

I use them in my device for making chainmaille links (wrapping wire around the rod as it spins courtesy of a small motor). They have some decent mass.
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