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Title: 3/8" Jig rods
Post by: Leester on November 08, 2009, 02:18:49 PM: Where is a good place to get 3/8" Stainless steel 60" rods for a wing jig. A company name would be great, and yes I realize it would be best to pick up in person. TIA
Title: Re: 3/8" Jig rods
Post by: Joe Gilbert on November 08, 2009, 02:30:47 PM: Lester I used aerrow shafts and got inserts to put them together. You might find something like that a parts store. but think it would not be as straight as aerrow shafts, good luck.
Title: Re: 3/8" Jig rods
Post by: Ralph Wenzel (d) on November 08, 2009, 02:52:48 PM: Hi Lee,
Might I suggest 3/8" tubes, instead? Much lighter for shipping, and you can "bore sight" them to be certain they're straight. Easiest jig is like Al Rabe's jig for the P-51 - - Just a bunch of 1x4 x ? with nails driven in to support/align the tubes.

About $15/each (6' long) at http://www.mcmaster.com/#brass-tubing/=4f2cnw down near the bottom.
Title: Re: 3/8" Jig rods
Post by: Tom Rounds on November 08, 2009, 03:32:51 PM: This site has about any size or type you may be looking for. I bought two 3/8 aluminium tubes for a Rabe type jig and they arrived in perfect condition.
Tom

http://www.onlinemetals.com/
Title: Re: 3/8" Jig rods
Post by: Bill Morell on November 08, 2009, 03:45:36 PM: I got mine from online metals also and when I told them what I needed they fastened them to a strip of plywood 6' long. Straight tubes on arrival. Get the thickest walled ones they have and you will have no worries.
Title: Re: 3/8" Jig rods
Post by: Leester on November 08, 2009, 05:56:55 PM: Thanks guys for the great info, the Online metals had exactly what I wanted.
Title: Re: 3/8" Jig rods
Post by: Scott B. Riese on November 08, 2009, 10:18:53 PM: Sometimes I use Carbon Fiber Rods and then glue them in...works super #^
Title: Re: 3/8" Jig rods
Post by: Peter Ferguson on November 08, 2009, 11:13:57 PM: I got mine at Aircraft Spruce and Specialty $15 shipped for (2). 6' long I think
Title: Re: 3/8" Jig rods
Post by: builditright on November 09, 2009, 10:17:17 AM: Quote from: Leester on November 08, 2009, 02:18:49 PM
Where is a good place to get 3/8" Stainless steel 60" rods for a wing jig. A company name would be great, and yes I realize it would be best to pick up in person. TIA

I had to order them but I got my 3/8 rods @

ACE hardware
and
Lowes
Title: Re: 3/8" Jig rods
Post by: James Mills on November 09, 2009, 01:47:32 PM: Quote from: Ty Marcucci on November 09, 2009, 11:45:45 AM
I needed two sizes and found them at the local Archery Store. It seems the aluminum arrow shafts come in metrics and are just a tad larger than 3/8" or 5/16", but the nice thing is one of those shafts will fit into the other and I used them to join into longer tubes. I just cut one tube the size I needed to join the four and used super glue. That was four years ago and they are still straight as an, dare I say it, arrow. H^^ D>K
Ty,

Sometimes my I misjudge the yardage a bit and the arrow my not be that staight LL~ LL~.

James
Title: Re: 3/8" Jig rods
Post by: Leester on November 17, 2009, 02:34:18 PM: Received my rods today from Online Metals and in great shape, packaging was excellent should work great in my home made jig from Stuntress plans. Thanks for the help.