Fix a floor lamp's stripped rod?

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Barb
April 2022

I have the same problem with a regular aluminum rod. I read in another help column to use plumbers tape but i found it to be too thin and it did not work, i read also to use electrical tape so i will (have not yet). last thing I read also was to cut the tip of the pipe and use from there, as I do not want my lamp any short I will probably do this only as a last resort using a hack saw

tony
October 2011

Really the stripped thread needs to be recut using a die - dead simple to a machine shop! However, you could use a glue such as Araldite if the threads aren't too slack. The parts could be soldered permanently together too - again dead easy if you know someone with plumbing skills.

John
July 2008