On 19 Dec 2004 18:13:10 GMT, Dave Hinz wrote:

On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 18:32:41 GMT, igor wrote:
I am looking for a 1/2" or 3/4" threaded steel rod (or a bolt at least 4"
long) that has been cut so that it has two flat sides. Sorta like this:
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It allows a nut to be threaded on it normally but the flat sides allow
something to be slid over the rod yet not be able to be spun around the rod
-- if that thing has a complementary non-round hole. Does this type rod
have a name? Sources? TIA. -- Igor

You need someone with a milling machine and/or a lathe; couple of ways
to do what you want. Are you anywhere near Wisconsin, USA?

Dave Hinz

Unfortunately, nope.