For this project I'm tackling I was in need of 3/4" steel rod. Of course, I would have prefered solid, but all I could source was hollow (1/16" wall thickness). I did find 5/8" threaded rod that fit perfectly inside the rod, so I thought I could work with that.
Unfortunately, the rod length I needed was about 25.5" or so and my threaded rod is 24". I didn't quite grasp that problem until the project was assembled, and while I could make a correction it would take some doing. The rod sits in a bushing and will be holding about 10-15lbs of plywood and about 135-140lbs of tools.
Basically, I'm trying to figure out if I need to bite the bullet now and add that length of threaded rod to support the hollow rod at the bushings, or will the steel take that kind of weight.
If you couldn't figure it out, I made a flip-top stand for my planer and sander.
Unfortunately, the rod length I needed was about 25.5" or so and my threaded rod is 24". I didn't quite grasp that problem until the project was assembled, and while I could make a correction it would take some doing. The rod sits in a bushing and will be holding about 10-15lbs of plywood and about 135-140lbs of tools.
Basically, I'm trying to figure out if I need to bite the bullet now and add that length of threaded rod to support the hollow rod at the bushings, or will the steel take that kind of weight.
If you couldn't figure it out, I made a flip-top stand for my planer and sander.
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