Aluminum Hex Rods | McMaster-Carr

The most widely used aluminum, 6061 is fabricated into everything from pipe fittings and containers to automotive and aerospace parts. It is strong and corrosion resistant, plus it's easy to machine and weld.

Anodized Multipurpose
6061 Aluminum Hex Bars

A hard-anodized coating forms a bond with the aluminum surface to improve wear and corrosion resistance.

Multipurpose 6061
Aluminum Hex Tubes

Easy-to-Machine 2011
Aluminum Hex Bars

2011 has the best machinability of all the aluminum alloys. It is the most selected aluminum for screws, tube fittings, hose parts, and other items that require extensive machining.

High-Strength 2024
Aluminum Hex Bars

While 2024 aluminum was initially designed for structural components in aircraft, it's now widely used when a high strength-to-weight ratio is needed, such as for gears, shafts, and fasteners. It offers similar performance to 7075 aluminum, but it’s not as strong.

Fasteners

Aluminum Coupling Nuts

One-third the weight of steel, aluminum coupling nuts resist corrosion in wet environments.

Inch-to-Inch Female
Hex Thread Adapters

Connect two differently sized male-threaded parts, such as threaded rods, and tighten with a standard wrench.

Inch-to-Metric Female
Hex Thread Adapters

Adapt threaded rods from inch to metric. These adapters connect two male-threaded fasteners, so you can change the gender of a mating part or increase or decrease its thread size. The hex-shaped body fits into the head of a standard wrench.

Metric-to-Metric Female
Hex Thread Adapters

Increase or decrease metric thread size from one male-threaded part to another. Commonly used to connect two differently sized threaded rods, they have a hex-shaped body, so you can tighten them with a standard wrench.

Left-Hand to Right-Hand
Female Hex Thread Adapters

Often called sleeve nuts, these thread adapters fasten parts with right-hand threads to parts with left-hand threads.

Turnbuckle-Style Connecting Rods

Internally Threaded
Turnbuckle-Style Connecting Rods

Designed for use with right-hand threaded rod ends, these rods have right-hand threads on both ends. Use them for remote valve operators, throttle controllers, shifting mechanisms, and virtually any push/pull assembly.

Turnbuckle-Style Connecting Rods

Similar to turnbuckles, these rods have right-hand threads on one end and left-hand threads on the other so you can make a linkage that adjusts for tension. Add right- and left-hand threaded rod ends to build your linkages.

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Aluminum

Multipurpose 6061Aluminum Hex Bars

Anodized Multipurpose6061 Aluminum Hex Bars

Multipurpose 6061Aluminum Hex Tubes

Easy-to-Machine 2011Aluminum Hex Bars

High-Strength 2024Aluminum Hex Bars

Fasteners

Aluminum Coupling Nuts

Inch-to-Inch FemaleHex Thread Adapters

Inch-to-Metric FemaleHex Thread Adapters

Metric-to-Metric FemaleHex Thread Adapters

Left-Hand to Right-HandFemale Hex Thread Adapters

Turnbuckle-Style Connecting Rods

Internally ThreadedTurnbuckle-Style Connecting Rods

Turnbuckle-Style Connecting Rods

Multipurpose 6061
Aluminum Hex Bars

Anodized Multipurpose
6061 Aluminum Hex Bars

Multipurpose 6061
Aluminum Hex Tubes

Easy-to-Machine 2011
Aluminum Hex Bars

High-Strength 2024
Aluminum Hex Bars

Inch-to-Inch Female
Hex Thread Adapters

Inch-to-Metric Female
Hex Thread Adapters

Metric-to-Metric Female
Hex Thread Adapters

Left-Hand to Right-Hand
Female Hex Thread Adapters

Internally Threaded
Turnbuckle-Style Connecting Rods