K & S 83043 Round Aluminum Rod, 1/8 OD x 12 Long, 1 Piece, Made in The USA

I knew I would need to bend this, and was worried it might not bend well. I saw indications that is should be bendable, so I got it... and sure enough, it was! Plus, it kept its rigidity in the process, which was also important to me. I found this to be of high quality aluminum stock, and it performed exactly as I needed it to, at a reasonable price!

This rod is sold as 1/4 in diameter, it actually measure .256 which is 6/1000 over 1/4 inch. I wanted to use a section of this rod to reduce the shaft size of a 1/4 in knob. The rod will not fit into the 1/4 inch knob. I can fix this by turning the rod in my lathe.

Great for small projects on mini lathe.

I use these in the construction of aluminum wind chimes.

just what I needed for My application

Item is as described. Worked for my purpose. Not much to go wrong here.

Its a rod what can you say. It was perfect for the application and shipping and delivery time was great!

Difficult to rate; these rods are as advertised. Nice and good price.

Then some of you might notice that the bar for the lids hinge (shown in the attached picture) can slowly migrate then fall out. I bought one of these cases for a co-worker and they were too busy to notice and push the bar back into place. Of course, they tasked me to fix it. This bar does the trick. 1/8 fits just fine though you will have to cut it to size and make sure to file down the rough edge.

The product is what I expected, but it should have been shipped in a tube. It got bent in the padded envelope. I can probably straighten the rods adequate for my use.