The first number (17.056 in) is the balance point, if you pick it up there it won't tip. I was mistakenly assuming that was where half the mass was on one side and half on the other; that will only be true for a symmetrical arrangement.

Need to be careful which point you want.

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Fred Kohlhepp wrote:
The first number (17.056 in) is the balance point, if you pick it up there it won't tip. I was mistakenly assuming that was where half the mass was on one side and half on the other; that will only be true for a symmetrical arrangement.
Need to be careful which point you want.

Yes, but I was puzzled, too, when I first glanced over your sheet.

You get equality if you take in account the distance from the centroidal axis: