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Quick release connectors with a larger thread

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Adam Francis

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I've been using a Daiwa rod pod recently as the Thames has been on red boards for about the last 3 weeks.

The pod is great but unscrewing the legs is somewhat arduous and I wondered if quick release connectors came in larger threads?

I did search online but couldn't find any results but I'm sure someone on here will know

Thanks in advance.
 
I would go down the thread adapter route Adam,you just have to make sure pitch size is right.
 

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Dave Brooksbank said:
I would go down the thread adapter route Adam,you just have to make sure pitch size is right.
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That’s interesting I have the prologic tri sky pod it’s great but I don’t like the legs as they adjust on the bottom and not the top like normal bank sticks if I could find out what thread they were I could adapt them and use storm poles instead
 
Adam Francis said:
I've been using a Daiwa rod pod recently as the Thames has been on red boards for about the last 3 weeks.

The pod is great but unscrewing the legs is somewhat arduous and I wondered if quick release connectors came in larger threads?

I did search online but couldn't find any results but I'm sure someone on here will know

Thanks in advance.
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This is only possible if you know what the thread is.
There are thousands and thousands of different thread types and without knowing what the daiwa pod legs use, it’s impossible to make any recommendations on the adapter or solution.
Can you at least put a picture up of the threaded parts.
 
Thanks everyone for your comments. The image hopefully gives an idea, it looks approx twice the size of a standard thread.
The legs are really solid and obviously larger than a standard bankstick so happy with the set up, just a bit if a faff unscrewing the legs.
 

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Most threads used today are metric but the standard thread used on fishing tackle is, as I'm sure you're all mostly aware, is 3/8" bs

If you have a pair of vernier calipers, a quick measure will give you the OD and that will usually be the thread size in mm.

You can use a rule or tape measure.

To contradict Richard in a friendly way, there aren't thousands of thread types, there are a few for the purposes of this thread (pun not intended).

bs f or c, fine or coarse, metric and the now obsolete whitworth. There are of course others that shouldn't be considered here, square threads multi start worms etc but for all intents and purposes we now use metric and occasionally bs. So that will narrow down your search.

I used to work in the grinding dept' of an engineering company, one of my jobs; thread grinder, I put threads on milling machine spindles, car parts, PTO engine parts, and very high tolerance components that had to be measured on a shadow graph to make sure the thread form was still correct or the grinding wheel had to be redressed.

But now I'm bragging, my guess would be a metric thread!
 
Adam Francis said:
Thanks everyone for your comments. The image hopefully gives an idea, it looks approx twice the size of a standard thread.
The legs are really solid and obviously larger than a standard bankstick so happy with the set up, just a bit if a faff unscrewing the legs.
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Adam Francis said:
My local Screwfix store has a couple of handy thread tester blocks that they've used to identify odd bolts that I've needed to replace on DIY jobs. They might be able to help if you have a nearby store
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Bob Watson said:
To contradict Richard in a friendly way, there aren't thousands of thread types, there are a few for the purposes of this thread (pun not intended).
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Your incorrect Bob because you have generalized thread sizes into very large groups. Metric course alone covers dozens of thread sizes then there’s fine then there is left hand right hand and I haven’t even touched on imperial.
I also don’t agree that it’s more likely metric either. For 1 it’s brass which is more commonly cut in imperial sizes and two if that was metric looking at it I’d say m16x2 is the closest and again very unlikely that thread is used in anything that isn’t structural.
The only way you would know for sure is a thread gage and diameter.
Measuring the tpi would only help so much because you wouldn’t know if it was 55° or 60° taper.
 
Richard Isaacs said:
Your incorrect Bob because you have generalized thread sizes into very large groups. Metric course alone covers dozens of thread sizes then there’s fine then there is left hand right hand and I haven’t even touched on imperial.
I also don’t agree that it’s more likely metric either. For 1 it’s brass which is more commonly cut in imperial sizes and two if that was metric looking at it I’d say m16x2 is the closest and again very unlikely that thread is used in anything that isn’t structural.
The only way you would know for sure is a thread gage and diameter.
Measuring the tpi would only help so much because you wouldn’t know if it was 55° or 60° taper.
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You said types, not sizes. Most threads these days are 60 degree pitch, whitworth was 55 degrees. I forgot to mention BA in my previous post, commonly found in electrical wall plug sockets which have now I believe have gone to metric.

It's also nonsense that imperial threads are cut into different materials than metric threads. Materials are used for their purpose or possibly more correctly, their cost effectiveness.

Measuring the OD on most threads these days will, in the majority of cases, give the thread size in MM, the pitch of which is usually a standard against the OD.

I bought a basket for my new air frier the other day https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BPRTNFMZ?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title and it came without thumb screws to secure it to the rotisserie, I measured the thread dia and ordered these https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CQW84S9K?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1 which are perfect. M5 I didn't even bothering thinking about the pitch/TPI.

My final words because there's nothing really more to add than arguments!
 
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You said types, not sizes.
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It doesn’t matter… I hadn’t seen the picture so as far as I was concerned it could of been anything

And it’s a fact that brass components are more commonly cut in imperial threads. I didn’t say all threads. In this case I’m almost convinced that’s imperial.
Measuring the diameter of the component in the picture is almost certainly going to tell you very little and lead to buying the wrong part
A gage will only tell you for sure.
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Measuring the OD on most threads these days will, in the majority of cases, give the thread size in MM, the pitch of which is usually a standard against the OD.
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That’s total nonsense unless it’s a common nut or bolt.
 
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