"whit3rd" wrote in message
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On Oct 8, 5:34 pm, "Bill" wrote:

Well, it looks like I'll return the threaded rod, and get my $5 back,
unless
someone can suggest
what it might come in handy for... Maybe carp spearing?

Clamping, of course. I'd use the rod and holes for clamping 'til the
glue hits full strength, then remove the rods for next project
(there's
a bundle of such rods in the corner of my shop).

If you were using green wood, the rods could hold things together, and
the nuts could be adjusted to take up slack, as well. Green wood
doesn't take glue well.

Most of my glue-ups of repetitive sorts (edges on plywood) are
clamped with blocks-and-threaded-rod assemblies, which are
easy to fabricate, by the dozen, as long as the threaded rod holds out.

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I appreciated reading your answer. Thanks! It reminds me that some use
homemade
block-clamps like this in violin making--they just don't need 3/8" diameter!

--Bill