thanks to all for advice so far on blades balancing, fan blade weight placement, etc. this fan deal "ain't over yet"
I put up a small site with some pretty good pix of this one-man-alone ceiling-fan install job "in progress", including shots of some of the stuff I made to hang the fan from, the jacking and cribbing involved to get this monster up nine feet in the air by myslf, some of the obstacles I ran into along the way, the weights I cast to balance the blades, etc
oh yeah-there's a rub: the weights I made might not be useable in their neccessary "balance point/center of gravity" locations (see last few pix and their captions)
again, guys, I appreciate your help/thanks again
@ the site, just press your F11 key to enlarge your browser window, because the nav links and captions are BELOW the big images.