I bought the cheap balancer that you hold between your thumbs.
I found it didnt work that well.

I converted this to a magnetic balancer.

instead of between the thumbs.

I made a stand just wider than the balancer. one side rests on a support and the other side is supported my a magnet I mounted on the stand. Kinda like what they sell but no extra cost. This worked very well as it would spin and spin with the heavy side always pointing down when it stopped.

I have some props to balance so I'm going to pull it out and make a few improvements to it as I have found some stronger magnets inside of some old Hard drives I dissasembled..

I'm cheap and enjoy making these kind of things from scratch...


steve