Does anyone know?

kickstart · Aug 28, 2013

The thread size of banksticks, alarms, rod rests etc. I am attempting to attach my Alarms to a Sea fishing Tripod but I just cannot find the right nut to mount it to the horizontal bar.

An alternative way to explain what I am seeking is to ask what size bolt would fit a bankstick

I have just gone through the entire collection of nuts/bolts in my local hardware shop to no avail.

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K

aebitim · Aug 28, 2013

3/8 bsf I believe

john conway (CSG - ACA) · Aug 28, 2013

On bankstick etc its 3/8th of a inch BSF thread.

Tee-Cee · Aug 28, 2013

It's possible the nuts and bolts in you local hardware shop will be metric so they wouldn't fit.
The answers above are correct 3/8" BSF (or British Standard Fine)...........

kickstart · Aug 28, 2013

Thanks guys, that's really helpful.

Cheers
Kickstart

terry m · Aug 28, 2013

Speak nicely to someone that works in an engineering type environment/workshop.

john conway (CSG - ACA) · Aug 30, 2013

In the early days of FM some very kind gentleman made me a couple of 3/8" BSF adaptors for my bank sticks to match a standard thread on the bottom of my camera

terry m · Aug 30, 2013

Gardener market a bankstick to camera base adaptor. I have one, it is very useful and weighs a helluva lot less than carting a tripod, or similar, around.

black rod · Aug 31, 2013

3/8 bsf like the rest have said.
This is the set up I use, it double as a weighing tripod and camera tripod, 3 storm poles attached to a Gardner Triad with a Gardner camera adapter. I also incorporate 3 quick change connectors between the storm poles and the triad.

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