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

Great rods.

Just what I needed

Arrived bent in several places

I knew I would need to bend this, and was worried it might not bend well. I saw indications that is should be bendable, so I got it... and sure enough, it was! Plus, it kept its rigidity in the process, which was also important to me. I found this to be of high quality aluminum stock, and it performed exactly as I needed it to, at a reasonable price!

I used these for crafting. They are very soft and bendable, ideal for sculpting. You can find for cheaper on hobby sites online, but these will arrive much quicker

needed a smooth straight rod for my sewing thread to roll off. this did the trick!

Then some of you might notice that the bar for the lids hinge (shown in the attached picture) can slowly migrate then fall out. I bought one of these cases for a co-worker and they were too busy to notice and push the bar back into place. Of course, they tasked me to fix it. This bar does the trick. 1/8 fits just fine though you will have to cut it to size and make sure to file down the rough edge.

I use these in the construction of aluminum wind chimes.

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.

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.