My Roubo Build #11: Minimal Progress ;-)

Congratulations on the driving theory licence.

-- Mad F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.

Congrats on your exam
In the states it’s called threaded rod and you just have nuts and washers on both ends after cutting it to size.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Thanks, Mafe!
Thanks, Jim! Right, a threaded rod—thanks! Sometimes i don’t know English words for things—it’s ridiculous. So it’ll be ok then, you think? I saw these nuts that look like they go on top (like at the end-i think they are called cap nuts you recommend those?

-- 'Humility is a duty in great ones, as well as in idiots'--Jeremy Taylor

Naomi,

Cap nuts are just decorative for the ends. You can use them as long as they tighten up before they bottom out ( they will only screw on so far).
You can use regular nuts, one on each end.

1. cut your threaded rod to required length
2. Screw a nut onto one end and place a washer on the inside This is now your bolt like thingy
3. Insert into your pre-drilled hole matching your thread size ( eg 6mm if your rod is 6mm)
4. Put a washer, then a nut on the other end and tighten down by hand, then tighten with a wrench or socket wrench from both ends

If you want you can countersink a hole so the nut is buried into the wood, so that it is not left proud of the surface.

I use this method all the time because I can’t always get the size of bolt which I need or because the nearest hardware store is 120km away from me, so I keep a stock of threaded rod on hand in all sizes and corresponding nuts and washers.

-- If you can't joint it, bead it!

Steve, thanks so much for the tip and the reassurance of this method. Btw, is your profile pic a still from Monty Python’s Lumberjack song?! Brilliant!

-- 'Humility is a duty in great ones, as well as in idiots'--Jeremy Taylor

haha – yes it is! I don’t look like Eric Idle, nor do I cross dress but I like the Canadian mounties in the background (because I am originally from Canada) – besides the obvious pun

-- If you can't joint it, bead it!

Haha! Well, since you know the song, i have a theory about it. I posted it here. Let me know what you think. I’m pretty certain about it but i’ve not found any supporting evidence.

-- 'Humility is a duty in great ones, as well as in idiots'--Jeremy Taylor

Naomi, I think you nailed it. You’ve just provided the evidence by putting them side by side.
Actually I found a couple of other reference to the similarity. Wikipedia makes mention of it and then references a few ‘sources’. Only 1 of them is still there:
Here

-- If you can't joint it, bead it!