Brass Joint for Wooden Pole

[cliff]

Has anyone come across anything like this from UK supplier

Readily available in the states and I can get them hand carried back this side but would have liked to source them this side of the pond if possible

 

[jerrytug]

Has anyone come across anything like this from UK supplier

Readily available in the states and I can get them hand carried back this side but would have liked to source them this side of the pond if possible

Fishing rod parts?

 

[davidej]

Look like drain rods to me

screwfix???

or snooker cues

 

[cliff]

Fishing rod parts?

Look like drain rods to me
screwfix???
or snooker cues

Too small - needs to be 1¼" ~ 1½" Ø.
1¼" Ø would probably be big enough

 

[davidej]

Too small - needs to be 1¼" ~ 1½" Ø.
1¼" Ø would probably be big enough

I don't play snooker - only watch it on TV - but cues (at the thick end where the extensions are screwed on) seem to be at least 1 1/2 in diameter

 

[mcalan]

Garden umbrella manufacturers ?

 

[jerrytug]

Oil drilling rig manufacturers?

 

[sarabande]

there may be something here

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=b...nnel=fflb&gfe_rd=cr&ei=6fq_U-mDE4XY8ge3uYG4DQ


"brass screw joint" brings up lots in USA and India....


Cue moan about decline of UK manufacturing industry/ ;(

 

[dleroc]

My garden parasol is like that.

 

[cliff]

I don't play snooker - only watch it on TV - but cues (at the thick end where the extensions are screwed on) seem to be at least 1 1/2 in diameter

Thought - will check along those lines but probably find all are "Made in India" or the like.

Garden umbrella manufacturers ?

Another possibility but as above

Oil drilling rig manufacturers?

Now we are talking - some serious engineering there - care to lend me a few grand for 4 joints?

<snip>"brass screw joint" brings up lots in USA and India....Cue moan about decline of UK manufacturing industry/ ;(

Tell me about it Gone are the days when one could get almost anything locally or have it made locally for a fair price.
Ho-Hum will keep looking - still got time - failing that either get them shipped (hand carried) from the states or make they myself - should not take long on the wee Myford. - Thanks anyway all for the ideas

My garden parasol is like that.

Make? from where? ££'s? - might be economic to buy 4 parasols and scrap them for the coupling if correct size and solid brass.

 

[DinghyMan]

If you've got a lathe then its a fairly simple turning job - frightening part is how much a length of 1 1/2" brass will cost

 

[cliff]

If you've got a lathe then its a fairly simple turning job - frightening part is how much a length of 1 1/2" brass will cost

Fortunately raw material will not cost me anything (I have a piece of 3" Ø Admiralty Brass shaft circa 8' long doing nothing at the moment (apart from gathering dust and/or getting in my way) though it does seem a crime to chop it up for making a few couplings.

 

[NormanS]

Some tent poles used to have joints like that. Another different design possibility is the plastic joint for two-piece oars, although that might be too big a diameter. Depends what you're using it for.

 

[cliff]

Depends what you're using it for.

Ceremonial flag staffs - might work out cheaper to buy them complete rather than fart about making them.

 

[rogerthebodger]

These guys show what you are looking for and a little down on this web page as part of their ceremonial flag staff.

They may sell you just the brass joiner.

http://www.hampshireflag.co.uk/ceremonial-flags.htm

These guys also speak about ceremonial flagstaffs with a "Brass central joint" on their web site

http://www.flags.co.uk/contact/contact-addresses/

These also seem to have the brass joints but don't advertise them (read description mid page

http://www.wemakeanyflag.co.uk/products/Wooden-Ceremonial-Flagpoles.html

 

[DinghyMan]

Fortunately raw material will not cost me anything (I have a piece of 3" Ø Admiralty Brass shaft circa 8' long doing nothing at the moment (apart from gathering dust and/or getting in my way) though it does seem a crime to chop it up for making a few couplings.

I reckon it would be a crime to use it for a few couplings

Usual problem is that if you turn it down for this job you will suddenly need a large lump of high quality brass and then have to pay a fortune for a replacement bit

 

[Hypocacculus]

You can always buy thick walled brass tube.

Keatleys in Birmingham sell all sorts of non-ferrous metal in all sorts of shapes and sizes - best approached by telephone, their website is rudimentary. They are very amenable to selling small bits of stuff - they just sell it by weight.

 

[cliff]

You can always buy thick walled brass tube.

Keatleys in Birmingham sell all sorts of non-ferrous metal in all sorts of shapes and sizes - best approached by telephone, their website is rudimentary. They are very amenable to selling small bits of stuff - they just sell it by weight.

Barsteward.... Found many other bits I've been looking for recently - ho, hum there is my pocket money all gone for this month...

Nice find - a real "Aladdin's cave" of non-ferrous metals and in many sizes not usually available

 

[Hypocacculus]

Barsteward.... Found many other bits I've been looking for recently - ho, hum there is my pocket money all gone for this month...

Nice find - a real "Aladdin's cave" of non-ferrous metals and in many sizes not usually available

It's even better if you go there. It doesn't look like it's changed since 1920 and they let you rummage through their off cuts if you ask nicely.