I would also like to know how flexible the rods are. Could one, for example, bring the ends together to form a circle?
1368615
1/16" easily bend to a circle, but I didn't bend the 1/8" completely because the resistance seemed too great. I agree with Tiffany Oliveras.
1368616
They're very flexible, I never tried to make a circle with it and I don't think they will with out braking apart.
1368617
They are pretty flexible, but I wouldn't flex it all the way to a circle. It might initially work, but then start splitting. At most, I would only bend it enough to make the ends meet, which would make a tear drop shape.
1368618
It's not that flexible to do that with 48" length. It's fiberglass and it's supposed to be stiff.
1368619
Tom, it won't bend into circles, but it will definitely make bend to triangles and squares.
827038
Yes you can. You must adjust and place the mechanism at the end of the rod in the correct position.
361227
Yes -- but you will need some pliers. I wouldn't recommend reshaping them more than a few times as you will fatigue the metal "hinges" that link the sections together.
632727
you have to turn each rod but in my case it didn't hold very firmly at the end and I decided to return it.
1610721
We have spinning rods on our round rack. Which work well. Deep sea fishing or large diameter rods may not may not be appropriate for this rack.
1843347
If you twist the raised ring somewhat near the lamp counterclockwise, you can move that part of the lamp in and out of the other rod, so it's either longer or shorter. A friend assembled mine for me, and he set it to maximum length. When I went to shorten it, I thought the part that moves was *very* stiff and hard to shove down into the larger rod. It also didn't adjust as much as I expected, or I couldn't get it to go in much more than 6-7 inches.
1336693
You just have to make the ends come together. I wrapped the tops of the two sections with black electrical tape in some places. In others, the angle was such that I didn't want the two sections to appear "joined" in a longer length. I have used about seven of these for around my house and around a pergola and at the tops of our retaining walls. Good quality stuff! I did have to unroll them and let the sum staighten them out though as they are really, REALLY stiff and I guess I am a whimpy older woman....;-) Should last for quite a while though....
416932
One end turns sort of like a cam and tightens the rod between two walls. This is the adjustable end. The rod can be cut down to fit any width of space. But be careful not to cut the rod too short, because the adjustable end only tightens about 1/4 in. or so.
953958
Yes that would work. You have to Physically bend each piece a little to open up the radius.
236004
The rod is one inch in diameter. The ends are approx. two and a half inches at their widest.
901633
This rod is designed to be straight only, it does not have flexible connectors. The overall quality is very good!
113348
No. For rods to connect, they would have to screw into one another. However, while one end has screw threads, the inside of the other end does not. As others have said, you'll have to get a single rod of the right length.
947646
You can bend them about as much as a half circle without breaking them. They are a little persistent and will want to return back to their original shape though but if you can hold them down at the bend you want you should be ok
362659
the rods do not come attached to the end supports, so i believe you could cut them before attaching them
391382
I was able to bend them a little. You will need plywrs as you will not be able to do it by hand.
1331981
It is "a little flexible within limits dictated by a pre-formed shape", you wouldn't be able to tie knots w/ the cord or fold it in half. It's somewhat flexible though.
10293
Two points on either side sounds like hanging rods form a triangular shape on the ends, no? Don't see a prob. I think 2 hanging rods could fit in eye of ceiling screw. Will have to check my rack; if I see a problem I'll get back to you. But even if screw eye can't accommodate 2 rods, you can always get creative w/ metal rings, etc.