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13th September 2013, 12:31 PM #1SENIOR MEMBER
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Where to buy female threaded rod?
can you buy female threaded rod? I.E something that is say 12mm outside diameter with a female 8mm metric thread down the middle? Can you buy this sort of thing by the length? I have to make a stack of mounts for various things on my motorbike and a product like this would speed things up a heap versus what I currently do which is drilling and tapping each bung/mount by hand. If I have 50cm lengths of this stuff on hand I could just cut off 20mm or 30mm pieces as needed and weld it to my frame.
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13th September 2013, 12:55 PM #2Banned
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Welding M/C frames.
I think you'll find welding M/C frames is illegal. Might pay to check with the MTA first.
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13th September 2013, 01:00 PM #3SENIOR MEMBER
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Its a custom built frame that will be engineered.
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13th September 2013, 01:17 PM #4
You can get "joining nuts" in that size. They are about 30mm long and have a 12mm hex shape. I use them a bit too. My local fastener place has them in stock in many sizes. There are also "double nuts" that are about 12 or so mm long for shorter bits. If you don't want the hex shape, I believe there are plain round "threaded bushes" available as well.
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13th September 2013, 02:22 PM #5Banned
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Yebbut
Little bot of difference tho in wanting it 50cm long - i.e. 500 mm and cut of a short bit when you need it - versus buying them 30mm or 50mm long... although yes its still a good option.
Its seldom you see the use of CM in Australia and that's for a very good reason.
When we adopted metrics - the 10mm length of 1 centimeter - wasn't adopted!.
Thats why sheets of material for building are described as 2400mm x 1200mm wen ordering not 240cm x 120cm.
Because most of the rulers brought into the country have the CM markings from other European country's where CM are used, people just assume we use them here - they are taught in school for e.g. but NOT used in industry go figure.
Ring any supplier and ask for materials in CM measurements, and its a red flag...that the person buying has zero idea what they are on about....
Just saying... not criticism in any way, because most of our population (including stupid school teachers) think CM is part of the Aus metric system, when its NOT.
Examples of such idiocy - when described by Police the suspect was said to be approx 176 cm tall!
CM should be outlawed - it would solve a LOT of factor of 10 errors in supplying materials!
Apols for the derail.
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13th September 2013, 03:02 PM #6GOLD MEMBER
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13th September 2013, 03:07 PM #8Senior Member
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That is not so, centimetres are used in different areas, fabric for instance is measured in centimetres, also check your drivers licence and see how tall you are. I think that millimetres are used in industries where a greater degree of accuracy is required, hence building materials and engineering supplies etc are almost always measured in millimetres. Both have their place and are heaps better than the old, and very confusing to some, feet and inches.Regards
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13th September 2013, 03:16 PM #9
Wot I titch in skool
I teach my students that they use steel rules and that they should measure in millimetres despite Mathematics using centimetres and the rules being in cm (not capital CM by the way.)
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13th September 2013, 03:19 PM #10SENIOR MEMBER
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Thanks Joe - they are good leads and i'll follow up on them.
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13th September 2013, 03:20 PM #11
Wobble off down to the hardware shop & have a look at rod joiners.
It think the longest is about 50mm. (5cm) {2"}Cliff.
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13th September 2013, 03:24 PM #12SENIOR MEMBER
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Thanks Cliff.
I am unfamilar with that sizing though....is that the same as 25 thousandths of a furlong?
Brendan
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13th September 2013, 03:46 PM #13Pink 10EE owner
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I think he means 0.5 decimetres.
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13th September 2013, 05:59 PM #15Senior Member
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Yup metric is confusing, at school we were wacked across the #### arsk with a 1 metre rule which was 2" wide, yet wacked across the hand with a 40mm wide strap that was 12" long. Go figure now I always need my 90 x 45 at 2' 3"
Last edited by Wrongwayfirst; 13th September 2013 at 06:00 PM. Reason: Found out you can't type arsk
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