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

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.

The surface was rough, like it had been hit on something during cutting. The cut wasnt perpendicular to the rod, which surprised me. Its soft aluminum. All in all, it was what they said it was. Yes, I would buy it again if I needed to repeat what I did again.

This arrived 1 after ordering. Awesome! I used it to fix a broken aluminum bike rack. The rod fits perfectly inside the hollow aluminum tubing of the bike rack.

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.

Quality

I feel I got what I paid for, dosnt happened often.

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.

I use these in the construction of aluminum wind chimes.

Product was misrepresented.

Good