095.3 – 120mm rod with M6 insert threads “elephant rod”

Part info

• What: A rod with M6 insert threads on both sides. 
• material: strong
• measures: 120mm high (fixed!), ⌀ ~35mm. The insert threads are 15mm deep in. There is an extra 25mm space for a bolt after the insert thread. So in total there is room for a 40mm M6 bolt (see sketch below) 

Sketch by the part by the designer Parker Haynes, measures in mm

Tolerance

• Size: The length is fixed at 120mm, but the ~35mm diameter is flexible within the standard tolerance 
• Material: standard tolerance
• Interchangeability: The “elephant rods” proved to be very useful. Several uses for them were added after their introduction. However, the elephant rods are quite thick and strong and require M6 nuts, so they use a lot of material. Not all applications require the rods to be so strong. So “weaker” twins were introduced (112.1-112.4) using M4 nuts. In some applications the elephant rods can be interchanged with these twins.

Get the part

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• Globally ↓
  • Available as local make.
  • From Max of Materialogic (made on demand, shipping from Germany) 
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• Make: The designer Parker Haynes shared instructions for one possible way to make this part. Find the instructions in the original post by the designer or click to download a PDF. 

Introduced by

• Designer: Parker Haynes
• Original post, original post backup (html)
• Open: TPP 1.0