Thread: CG of Bins
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Unread 20-01-2003, 20:04
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The easiest way I know to do this is to ballance the bins on 2 different edges. The CG, when ballanced, will be directly above the ballance point. Doing this on two edges will give you two lines that intersect at the CG.

I don't have a bin handy, but it shouldn't take long to do this.