Does anyone know how to make a Balancer?

Question

This question may seem odd. A couple off years back, one of my teachers showed me how to make an object he called a balancer. He used two paperclips, a few straws, and a toothpick. The basic purpose of it was that it would balance on the end of the toothpick, no matter where it was placed. Does anyone know how to make this object? Or, for that matter, know what I am talking about?

Answer 1

I think I remember something like that but I'm not sure how to make it.