How to reduce thickness for that rod

[lovefish77]

I need to decrease thickness for the attached rod by 1-2mm to be able to use it to hang A metal halide over my nano.

Any idea if anyone can do it in NJ? I have no equipment and low handy skills. It is stainless steel.

Thanks

 

[reefiness]

Sand paper and some elbow grease

 

[lovefish77]

Sand paper and some elbow grease

Sandpaper? Will it do anything?
I tried polishing round grit on a dremel yesterday and didnt do a thing ?
Tried calling several shops today to no avail.

 

[FMF0331]

Sandpaper? Will it do anything?
I tried polishing round grit on a dremel yesterday and didnt do a thing ?
Tried calling several shops today to no avail.

Sand paper and some elbow grease

When do you need it by ... 2034 ?

 

[homegrowncichlid]

instead of thinning out the rod:
1. clamp a metal loop to the rod and then hang your fixture from the loop, use a standard pipe clamp.
2, increase the diameter of the hole, said rod is inserted into, much easier with a dremmel, than thinning off the rod.
3, get a thinner rod from home depot and bend it yourself.
lots of things you can do to make it fit.
(the dremmel can thin out the rod, you just need to use a fixed clamp to hold the dremmel in place, then you move the rod over the wheel, rather than vice versa.)

 

[reefiness]

Sandpaper? Will it do anything?
I tried polishing round grit on a dremel yesterday and didnt do a thing ?
Tried calling several shops today to no avail.

You'll want to use something coarse. Using a polish grit will only make it shiny. Haha

 

[lovefish77]

Going in a different direction. No longer grinding that rod.
Thanks