What are you supposed to do with the small black plastic rods that come with the unit?
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I think they don't serve any purpose other than a place holder before you put the "wheels" in place.
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No, you didn't throw them out. Go back to the ad and view the third picture down. Move your your mouse arrow over the picture where you get an expanded view of the top ends. There you can see a unpainted aluminum bars pressed into the black painted tubes. The very end of those aluminum bars were cut down to 1/4" on the ends and then threaded to 1/4"-20 tpi x 3/8" long. That little black spot you see on the tip ends in the picture are the acorn nuts covering the screws. Those aluminum bar ends are very tightly pressed into the tubes so you got a set of stands that weren't complete. I'm sure you can contact Amazon for replacement of your order. Good luck... No, you didn't throw them out. Go back to the ad and view the third picture down. Move your your mouse arrow over the picture where you get an expanded view of the top ends. There you can see a unpainted aluminum bars pressed into the black painted tubes. The very end of those aluminum bars were cut down to 1/4" on the ends and then threaded to 1/4"-20 tpi x 3/8" long. That little black spot you see on the tip ends in the picture are the acorn nuts covering the screws. Those aluminum bar ends are very tightly pressed into the tubes so you got a set of stands that weren't... » Read More No, you didn't throw them out. Go back to the ad and view the third picture down. Move your your mouse arrow over the picture where you get an expanded view of the top ends. There you can see a unpainted aluminum bars pressed into the black painted tubes. The very end of those aluminum bars were cut down to 1/4" on the ends and then threaded to 1/4"-20 tpi x 3/8" long. That little black spot you see on the tip ends in the picture are the acorn nuts covering the screws. Those aluminum bar ends are very tightly pressed into the tubes so you got a set of stands that weren't complete. I'm sure you can contact Amazon for replacement of your order. Good luck... « Show Less
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They have a hook,which could hang from a stiff wire or slender rod. You might be able to close the hooks up with a pair of pliers to form a circle if you wanted to.
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They should bend to slip into place and hold the soft box material taught. I couldn't get mine to fit when I got it, so I had to carefully hacksaw off about a 1/4 inch of each rod. Be careful if you do this, you don't want to take too much off or you'll be screwed. The top light snaps into place like an umbrella and no trimming or bending is needed.
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There are other rods that are good for bay windows. Search for "graber bay rod" for a bay rod from Graber.
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I role my daughters hair around the rod and fold it over. you can go to you tube and type in flexirods and videos will come up with how to use them. That's where we first saw them.
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Turn the sections of the pole until they no longer spin. Leave the black plastic rings alone.
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I am not sure how to answer this other than they wrap around the end of your cleaning rod.
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Rod ends are plain and you should be able to shorten them. They are metal you may have trouble sawing thru them.
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The banner I had has pockets at the top and bottom for rods to be inserted. I put those small rods in and then slid those into the top and bottom tubes of the stand.
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Remove the black rubber molding and screw the handles in with the screws that came with the unit
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Yes, Put the swivels to the inner corners and connect your rods. Make sure you get levelor rods that can accept the screw of the swivel connector.
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The plastic things are just anchors, I believe. I didn't use them, just screwed it into the wall with a screwdriver. I would recommend using a good level though, as it's really hard to gauge with the eye. Good luck!
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My husband says: each box consists of two rods. these two rods use a single coupler to join them. if you buy a second box (of rods), you can use the coupler from the second set to attach a third rod to the first two rods. The fourth rod, there is nothing to attach it. Another option is to remove the end caps and align the rods so they meet. Sorry for the delay. I'm not a good checker of email. Christina
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I used what came on my unit. However i cleaned under the old one before i put it in.
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I replaced the rod a few months ago. It's meant to be bent. and you straighten it out as you insert it.
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The long black rod is a pick... you can use it to clean close soldering points on a circuit board etc. Or spread flux to tight areas etc.