I finally had a good idea today that didn;t even come close to killing anybody. I got back from the beach and took the shaft apart to rinse.When I put it back together I thought about doing it backwards with the middle shaft piece curving downwards instead of upwards. WOW! It greatly improved the balance of the machine. So easy now to keep the coil level and machine somehow seems lighter. Yall try it cause you might like it as much as I do. HH.