Bob White wrote:

Hi Russell,

That's pretty much the way I built mine, but you only need one jam

nut.

If one end can't turn, the other one can't either.  I also drilled out

a

nut and welded it to the center of the rod.  That lets me turn the rod
with a wrench.

I suggested two jam nuts (one at either end) simply from a belt &

suspenders

point-of-view.

Good idea on welding the hollow nut to the center of the rod.

I looked high & low for either a pre-threaded rod or a long coupling nut
(with left- and right-hand threads) but couldn't find one.  I even
considered a large turnbuckle. Bill Schertz's photo shows exactly the

sort

of thing I was hunting.  Where did you get it, Bill?

Russell Kent

William wrote:

McMaster Carr
Bill Schertz
KIS Cruiser # 4045

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