5/16 18 Coupling Nut

Hi, I found the 5/16 18 threaded rod locally, yay, but the only 5/16 18 hex Coupling Nut I can find at all 4 big stores is 1-3/4 inch in length.

Can I try and cut it to size, or will that screw up the threading?

Could I perhaps use 3 regular nuts?

You can probably make it work, I know a few others have.

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I gave it a try. Made some sort of jig to tightly hold it, inserted rod, cut with hacksaw, length is perfect, threads are fine.

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Could you send the STL of the nut holder? The new zip I downloaded doesn’t feature it anymore. It would help me a lot since all the parts have allready been ordered. And could you also maybe send the coupler for the Z-axis motor and the threaded rod?

Many thanks in advance,

Lennart

Here you go, change txt to stl.

C-NutLock_11mm.txt (74.1 KB)

C-NutLock_13mm.txt (73.7 KB)

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and the coupler…

5mm_5_16in_Pineapple_coupler.txt (255 KB)

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All the files are on the home page, burly link. The old parts can not be mixed with the new, 100% will not work. If it was that easy I would have just left them in.

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