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256- will a heavy base just sort this issue? If the lengths of rod were made from different materials and therefore had a different mass would this be an issue or is it just the distance between the weights that matters? just need to source a place to buy joints with as little friction as...

Thank you so much that is brilliant. Thank you also to to the other replier who doesn't appear to be showing up. I really appreciate it.

Hi, I am currently doing a project to design a lamp and am really interested in using physics to gain a perfectly balanced design. I have come across this diagram... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a7/Lamp_2_counter_weight.PNG I just want to clarify a couple of things before I...