Aluminum 6061 Dowel Pins
Lightweight, versatile aluminum alloy.
6061 is the general-purpose aluminium: light, easy to machine, and dimensionally stable. As a pin it is a locating feature rather than a load path — aluminium galls and wears against steel, so a 6061 pin in a joint that is opened repeatedly will not hold its fit for long. It earns its place where mass matters more than durability, or where the pin must match surrounding aluminium structure.
Aluminium pins are a niche but real request: alignment features in aluminium structure where a steel pin would create a galvanic couple, and mass-critical assemblies where a few grams matter. Do not expect them to survive repeated assembly and disassembly the way a stainless pin will.
Any size, not a series
There is no size list here because there is no catalogue: diameters run from 0.015" to 0.375", including sizes between two standard ones, and lengths from 0.02" to 4" — turned to order rather than cut down from a stock pin and re-finished. Pricing in Aluminum 6061 starts at $3.09 per piece at 100 off, and falls further at higher volumes.
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