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Patrick Henry

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Threaded rod....?
« on: March 29, 2010, 10:29:19 am »
Good moaning boys n' girls...are we moaning well this moaning?

Anyone give me an idea as to where I can get a 1 metre length of 4mm threaded rod from? It needs to be threaded it's whole length, as in the attached pic.

(pic by Turbulent)

Ta,

Rich
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Re: Threaded rod....?
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2010, 10:30:51 am »
Try B&Q, I know they do 6mm, they may have 4mm.

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Re: Threaded rod....?
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2010, 10:37:00 am »
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It needs to be threaded it's whole length

Why??

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Patrick Henry

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Re: Threaded rod....?
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2010, 11:09:15 am »
Quote from: boatmadman on March 29, 2010, 10:30:51 am
Try B&Q, I know they do 6mm, they may have 4mm.

Ian

Good idea, Ian, I'll try them later.

Quote from: Circlip on March 29, 2010, 10:37:00 am
Why??

  Regards  Ian.

I need to put retaining nuts at either end Ian, plus I need a retaining nut in the middle to position the centre bulkhead correctly.


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Re: Threaded rod....?
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2010, 11:11:52 am »
Quote from: Circlip on March 29, 2010, 10:37:00 am
Why??

  Regards  Ian.

Because if you look at the picture there are nuts at several positions along its length.

Quote from: U33 on March 29, 2010, 10:29:19 am
Good moaning boys n' girls...are we moaning well this moaning?

Anyone give me an idea as to where I can get a 1 metre length of 4mm threaded rod from? It needs to be threaded it's whole length, as in the attached pic.

(pic by Turbulent)

Ta,

Rich


Look up your local engineering/ ironmongery suppliers in yellow pages etc, they will have 4mm rod in 1mtr lengths in stock and a lot cheaper then b&q etc.

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Patrick Henry

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Re: Threaded rod....?
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2010, 11:17:21 am »
Quote from: gribeauval on March 29, 2010, 11:11:52 am
Because if you look at the picture there are nuts at several positions along its length.

Look up your local engineering/ ironmongery suppliers in yellow pages etc, they will have 4mm rod in 1mtr lengths in stock and a lot cheaper then b&q etc.

Mike


Even better still...well thought of, Mike. Thanks for that...


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Re: Threaded rod....?
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2010, 11:19:06 am »
£1 32p for a metre at B&Q

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Re: Threaded rod....?
« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2010, 11:28:14 am »
You can't complain at that price...thanks Ned, much appreciated.


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Re: Threaded rod....?
« Reply #8 on: March 29, 2010, 04:48:07 pm »
Understand the principle, seems a better case for drilled and tapped spacer rods.

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Re: Threaded rod....?
« Reply #9 on: March 29, 2010, 10:21:04 pm »
But when you don't have workshop facilities Ian, a length of threaded rod and half a dozen nuts is a much better(and cheaper)alternative....


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Re: Threaded rod....?
« Reply #10 on: March 31, 2010, 03:23:24 am »
Over here on the other side of the Pond it's called all-thread.  Local hardware stores sell it in 3 ft. lengths, in several diameters, usually all are National Coarse (NC) thread.  I used 1/4" 20 threads/inch as a center tie rod in some toy soldiers made of clay pots.  It worked very well.
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Re: Threaded rod....?
« Reply #11 on: April 01, 2010, 01:59:11 pm »
All sorted now chaps, thanks to Brian(chingdevil)...


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