KenZ – I’m pleased with your ideas and thoughts about the stand.
Any other applications, such as for the mechanical clock, would interest me very much to see. I’m wondering how much one of those clocks weighs and where its vertical center of gravity is.
As for patenting, I don’t know. I know they changed the law recently so that whoever files first, gets the patent. I guess I just risk some big company, like Singer, from taking this idea and doing a much better job with big bucks. But this involves nothing that hasn’t been known for well before Singer. Just simple physics and the balancing of things. You could say that Singer was into balancing all kinds of things. I also can’t imagine that the people at Singer never noticed that their sewing machines were a little top heavy.
Companies have had a long time to do this if they were going to. If one of them did, I’d get a kick out seeing it anyway. This is just a good idea that I’m glad to share. If it can be as useful to others, I’d like that.
I find myself wondering if this might be a good QB group project for several of those who are interested. As a newcomer, I’d defer to other peoples thoughts on that.