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

The rod I thought would be good but it must’ve been flimsy as it was completely bent and it’s hard and bendy not sure if it’s supposed to be like that

needed a smooth straight rod for my sewing thread to roll off. this did the trick!

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.

A mistake was made in that I ordered 2-83047, 3/8 Diameter rod and I was sent 1- 83047 rod and 1- 9810 rod, which is an 8mm alum tube. Thus, I could not give a higher rating. Please keep in mind that mistakes like this happen and I do understand. The part isnt worth sending back or raising a fuss about, and I am sure that it is worth the $2.00 I paid for it, so I will keep it and order more aluminum stock later. I just wanted to give a heads up in case there may be a lot of stuff like this happening with the company.

worked as needed

Arrived bent in several places

Totally as advertised. Great size and great price

Love it. Great quality. Made in the USA

works great to pen the guard.

The picture is of my second order. The first order was only bent in the middle. Both of the orders came in a bag which obviously was not adequate to protect the rods from the mail system. I will try again and see if the third Tim is the charm.