Gas Strut
A gas strut: a dark body, a steel rod that slides in it and a guide ring where the rod leaves the body, with a ring eye at each end if wanted. Pin to pin length (the rod slides, nothing stretches), Body, rod and eye sizes, Eyes on or off (off where a ball stud or a socket holds the end)
Details
Category: Beds › Single-Level Beds › Bed Lift Mechanisms
By Huu Khanh Nguyen · Updated November 9, 2026
Parameters
| Name | Default | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Length | eyes ? pinDistance + 2 * eyeRadius : pinDistance | mm |
| Depth | 2 * Math.max(bodyRadius, eyes ? eyeThickness / 2 : 0) | mm |
| Height | 2 * Math.max(bodyRadius, eyes ? eyeRadius : 0) | mm |
| Pin to pin length | 523 | mm |
| Body length with guide | 346 | mm |
| Rod length | 523 | mm |
| Body radius | 10 | mm |
| Rod radius | 4 | mm |
| Guide length | 15 | mm |
| Eye radius | 9 | mm |
| Eye hole radius | 4.1 | mm |
| Eye thickness | 10 | mm |
| Least rod length inside the body | 5 | mm |
| Ring eyes | true |