Well I have finally found a suplier for the steel atleast.
I will contact them tomorrow but they seem to have a huge selection of metric size material.
Here is the link.
http://www.metricmetal.com/round.htm
Atleast now I can tell my vendors where to purchase instead machining down 1/8 and...
That is a pretty good idea IFRs. I will have to check into that. That would be really cheap and also probably stronger than just a stainless rod.
Later
00dawg
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