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Gear / Technical Help => Microphones & Setup => Topic started by: davepeck on August 02, 2012, 06:50:28 PM
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I'm looking for something like this:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/546376-REG/Manfrotto_037_037_Reversible_Short_Stud.html
...but where both ends have the 1/4"-20 screw.
Coming up empty. Does something like this even exist?
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Yep. Besides epoxy, Loctite red is specifically designed for thread-locking nuts strongly, or you can forgo any 'thread glue' and simply jam-lock two or more nuts together with or without a lock-washer. If you aren't into cutting and grinding the ends of all-thread rod yourself, good bolt/fastener supply places carry threaded studs in various sizes, pre-cut to about that length with nicely camfered ends so the threads work well and look clean. Though it probably won't mater for your use, they typicaly have a female hex fitting in one end, designed for installing them in threaded holes with an allen wrench.
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thread rod ferrule connector, and thread rod/bolts w/ jam nuts?
(http://www.chatsworth.com/uploadedImages/Files/10697-001_Threaded%20Rod%20Coupling%20Kit.JPG)
(http://www.falconworkshop.co.uk/Connector_description.jpg)
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Is there a reason you couldn't use said stud with a female 3/8"-16 to male 1/4"-20 thread adapter (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/546532-REG/Manfrotto_015_015_Female_3_8_to.html)?
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I have to ask the dumb question... what would you use it for?? I can't imagine. If you don't need it to fit into a superclamp, then yes, the threaded rod is ideal. If you need it to hook into a superclamp, then probably not.
If it were me... having a welder and no patience... I'd weld a 1/4 bolt to a 3/8" nut and screw it onto the 3/8" stud.
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If you really need the stud and have to have 1/4x20 on each end you could always take the stud you linked to a machine shop and have them rethread the 3/8 to 1/4. Depending on the shop they may do it for nothing or could charge you more than any of the other options already mentioned.
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If you really need the stud and have to have 1/4x20 on each end you could always take the stud you linked to a machine shop and have them rethread the 3/8 to 1/4. Depending on the shop they may do it for nothing or could charge you more than any of the other options already mentioned.
That would be a cut thread, and cut threads tend to be weak and prone to cracking at the root. Especially in a smaller size like 1/4-20. Bolts and such are rolled threads; the material is displaced under extreme pressure to form the thread, not cut away.
Though I don't have a manfrotto example in front of me, so I can't say for certain whether the manfrotto stud threads are formed or cut.
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Thanks everyone for the suggestions!
Is there a reason you couldn't use said stud with a female 3/8"-16 to male 1/4"-20 thread adapter (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/546532-REG/Manfrotto_015_015_Female_3_8_to.html)?
This is perfect. Didn't even think of it. Thanks!
To Joe's question - basically want to attach an M10 and a camera, without the added bulk of a grip mount, etc.