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    Threaded Rod Question

    Hi Folks,

    I hope someone can help? I need to buy some threaded rods however all the ones I look at online seem to have a "M" figure, ie M8, M10, etc. I assume these are some sort of measurement but wondered if someone could confirm?
    Cheers

    Danny
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  • #2
    Unified and Metric Thread Forms

    m is the Diameter - M10 is 10mm.
    Last edited by zazen999; 04-02-2009, 10:01 AM.

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    • #3
      Yup, they are measurements - not quite sure how the measurements work but you can also buy the nuts sized the same way. Hope that helps you a bit
      Happy Gardening,
      Shirley

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      • #4
        Doh!

        Thanks ladies
        Cheers

        Danny

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        • #5
          Oh - sorry - should have waited for the boys on a mechanical engineering question.

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          • #6
            M = thread size
            Across the flat sizes of the nuts(Spanner size)
            so For a M10 nut you need a 17 A/F Spanner for a M12 a 19 A/F spanner.
            By the way M6 & OBA are the same thread.
            Last edited by bubblewrap; 04-02-2009, 12:28 PM.
            The river Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years.
            Brian Clough

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            • #7
              There are lots of other threads
              BA
              BSF
              BSW
              BSF
              BSP
              UNF
              UNC
              Conduit.
              Metric sizes are usually sold in coarse thread but you can get metric fine.
              The river Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years.
              Brian Clough

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              • #8
                M10 will need a metric 17mm spanner and an M12 will need a 19mm metric spanner. The many varieties of imperial pitch spanners are (mainly) consigned to history thankfully.

                In fact for most purposes a 10mm spanner for M6 bolts, a 13mm spanner for M8 bolts and the two mentioned above will suit most domestic applications. The M size is for the threaded part of the bolt, not the size of its head.

                The drain rods wont need spanners as they just screw together, each lenth of rod having a male and a female end.

                Try either machine mart or screwfix, both will give you a good deal.
                Last edited by pigletwillie; 04-02-2009, 03:23 PM.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by zazen999 View Post
                  Oh - sorry - should have waited for the boys on a mechanical engineering question.
                  And don't you forget it!
                  My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                  to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

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                  • #10
                    Snadger, shorten the chain, keep her nearer to the sink. We cant have the girls gettig above their station and actually understanding mechanical things.

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                    • #11
                      What happened to Whitworth. When I was an apprentice I had 3 sets of Spanners. Imperial, W and Metric
                      My phone has more Processing power than the Computers NASA used to fake the Moon Landings

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                      • #12
                        [. .. The many varieties of imperial pitch spanners are (mainly) consigned to history thankfully.

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                        Here what's this all about i still use whitworth nut's and bolt's and spanner's they still work fine....jacob
                        What lies behind us,And what lies before us,Are tiny matters compared to what lies Within us ...
                        Ralph Waide Emmerson

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                        • #13
                          this threads is too technical for me ***runs out the room***
                          Dont worry about tomorrow, live for today

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                          • #14
                            Have to say, the women stood out on their own in this thread.
                            And rightly so, we women all knew it, just waiting for an oppertunity to prove it.

                            And when your back stops aching,
                            And your hands begin to harden.
                            You will find yourself a partner,
                            In the glory of the garden.

                            Rudyard Kipling.sigpic

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by NOG View Post
                              What happened to Whitworth. When I was an apprentice I had 3 sets of Spanners. Imperial, W and Metric
                              I did mention BSW in an earlier post. What about BSF the A/F size of the nuts were the same as BSW.
                              The place I worked at went metric in 1971
                              The river Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years.
                              Brian Clough

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