Where to get thread bar?

Hermy

Hi all,
Just wondering can anyone tell me where's the best place in Dublin for threaded bar? I don't know the exact size so I'll bring a matching nut and bolt with me but it's the size commonly used for bicyle axles.

Thanks

prospect

Maybe try here:

http://www.dublinboltandnut.com/

Hermy

Thanks prospect.
Just rang them and they don't do a fine thread like I need.

prospect

Feck,

My only other suggestion is Universal Products in D22,
(01)4564151

Hermy

Just been onto Tucks and no from them too.
Judging by their website I don't think Universal Products will either.
I'll have to go with plan B.

DublinDilbert

If it's off a bike I'd wonder is it an imperial thread that's just been carried over for years and years

Hermy

No luck so far.
The other option is to buy some plain bar and a suitable die and cut the thread myself.
Any idea where to get a die to cut 26tpi in 9.5mm bar?

zathan

Woodies sell it! Have got it there before a few times myself. They have matching nuts and washers too!

mfceiling

Ring one of the bigger Air Conditioning companies and ask if they have any spare or where do they get theirs.
They use it a lot for hanging their units with.

indie armada

electrical wholesalers will keep it, electricians use it for suspending cable tray and uni-strut. the size your looking for sounds like m12 and its usually sold in 3 mtr lenghts.

Buford T Justice

M12 threaded bar is common as muck

OP, why do you need a fine thread, and what are you looking to use it for?

yoshytoshy

I get threaded bar in m.donnellys ,i use it with epoxy resin on bad walls.
donnellys are great for fixings.

http://www.mdonnelly.ie

Hermy

Fingers McGee wrote: »

M12 threaded bar is common as muck

If it was common as muck I'd have bought some in the local hardware.
The only stuff that's common as muck has a coarse thread.

Buford T Justice

Hermy wrote: »

If it was common as muck I'd have bought some in the local hardware.
The only stuff that's common as muck has a coarse thread.

Standard thread M12 is common. You never said you were looking for fine metric thread.

M12 is massive and is a lot bigger than what would be used for a bicycle wheel axle. You'd be looking at something more like M8, and it would be unlikely to be fine thread.

Only time I've come across fine thread in use is on seatbelt mounts in cars and vans.

indie armada

we have m 12 here and its heavy duty stuff. we also have a hollow threaded rod which comes in meter lenghts and is used in lighting also, it has a fairly fine thread and is appporx 10 mm diameter.

NUTLEY BOY

Try a bicycle repair shop. They might have replacement axles or can source them if an actual bicycle axle would met the performance specs for whatever application you have in mind ?