Hi all,

Interesting day!  I added acouple shaft couplers to the end of the steel
rod, and the
magnetic repelling effect of such; was to force it to laterally center
between the magnets.
The effect is stronger laterally than with the steel rod going up and down
the length of
the magnets (per the picture/s)....but now, the overall magnetic fields are
indeed tending
to keep the axis/pivot into one centralized location.

The magnets poles where the steel rod sits on, are of the same polarity in
the new
picture of such; but it works regardless of the top of the magnets N or S
polarity   See:

http://home.earthlink.net/~meredithlamb/magneticaxispivot/

This is all just a experimental axis/pivot.  There could very likely be
problems that may
end up religating it to the overflowing failure bin.

Meredith Lamb
Hi all,
 
Interesting day!  I added acouple shaft couplers to the end of the steel rod, and the
magnetic repelling effect of such; was to force it to laterally center between the magnets.
The effect is stronger laterally than with the steel rod going up and down the length of
the magnets (per the picture/s)....but now, the overall magnetic fields are indeed tending
to keep the axis/pivot into one centralized location.  
 
The magnets poles where the steel rod sits on, are of the same polarity in the new
picture of such; but it works regardless of the top of the magnets N or S polarity   See:
 
http://home.earthlink.net/~meredithlamb/magneticaxispivot/
 
This is all just a experimental axis/pivot.  There could very likely be problems that may
end up religating it to the overflowing failure bin.
 
Meredith Lamb