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=USA= | |||
=Sourcing= | |||
==USA== | |||
*Stainless - [https://www.metricmetal.com/product/stainless-steel/round-bar-stainless-steel/stainless-steel-round-bar-17-4ph-tgp/] | *Stainless - [https://www.metricmetal.com/product/stainless-steel/round-bar-stainless-steel/stainless-steel-round-bar-17-4ph-tgp/] | ||
=China 2017= | ==China 2017== | ||
*2017 year end - $2.6/ft for good stuff. [[File:rodquote.png|300px]] | *2017 year end - $2.6/ft for good stuff. [[File:rodquote.png|300px]] | ||
*More 2017 - $1.75/meter, but shipping is almost twice that. This is chrome plated but soft rod. $1.5/ft fo soft stuff. [[File:softrod.png|300px]] | *More 2017 - $1.75/meter, but shipping is almost twice that. This is chrome plated but soft rod. $1.5/ft fo soft stuff. [[File:softrod.png|300px]] | ||
*$3/meter for chrome plated rods including sea freight, based on a 1 ton minimum order- $1/ft in bulk for good stuff. [[File:aimachinery.png|300px]] | *$3/meter for chrome plated rods including sea freight, based on a 1 ton minimum order- $1/ft in bulk for good stuff. [[File:aimachinery.png|300px]] | ||
=Consumer= | ==Consumer== | ||
*$4/foot from Aliexpress - [https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32788015119.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.e97fc46cMtEEgo&algo_pvid=443dd30e-3346-4528-a3f1-d8b224437747&algo_expid=443dd30e-3346-4528-a3f1-d8b224437747-10&btsid=38171d5f-df3e-4d42-9410-f98e09738859&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_52] | *$4/foot from Aliexpress - [https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32788015119.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.e97fc46cMtEEgo&algo_pvid=443dd30e-3346-4528-a3f1-d8b224437747&algo_expid=443dd30e-3346-4528-a3f1-d8b224437747-10&btsid=38171d5f-df3e-4d42-9410-f98e09738859&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_52] | ||
*$4.6/foot on amazon - [https://www.amazon.com/Hardened-Chrome-Linear-Motion-Shafts/dp/B01LXAZFKZ/ref=pd_sbs_328_1/131-6051377-0523135?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01LXAZFKZ&pd_rd_r=deb1f23e-de7c-4fc5-964a-2492541e8e8d&pd_rd_w=VT6WM&pd_rd_wg=BCx8O&pf_rd_p=d66372fe-68a6-48a3-90ec-41d7f64212be&pf_rd_r=SN7CEF6XP6P8W1ETGREW&psc=1&refRID=SN7CEF6XP6P8W1ETGREW] | *$4.6/foot on amazon - [https://www.amazon.com/Hardened-Chrome-Linear-Motion-Shafts/dp/B01LXAZFKZ/ref=pd_sbs_328_1/131-6051377-0523135?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01LXAZFKZ&pd_rd_r=deb1f23e-de7c-4fc5-964a-2492541e8e8d&pd_rd_w=VT6WM&pd_rd_wg=BCx8O&pf_rd_p=d66372fe-68a6-48a3-90ec-41d7f64212be&pf_rd_r=SN7CEF6XP6P8W1ETGREW&psc=1&refRID=SN7CEF6XP6P8W1ETGREW] | ||
Revision as of 18:03, 2 July 2020
Sourcing
USA
- Stainless - [1]
China 2017
- 2017 year end - $2.6/ft for good stuff.
- More 2017 - $1.75/meter, but shipping is almost twice that. This is chrome plated but soft rod. $1.5/ft fo soft stuff.
- $3/meter for chrome plated rods including sea freight, based on a 1 ton minimum order- $1/ft in bulk for good stuff.
Consumer
- $4/foot from Aliexpress - [2]
- $4.6/foot on amazon - [3]
- $10 for 1 meter - Folgertech - [4]
- Specifications included - [5]. $7.10 for 355 mm
- How about less hard rod and plastic bearings? See about IGUS plastic bearings - [6]
- Igus - $8/bearing - [7]
- Reddit thread - no consensus - [8]
- Igus external bearing dimensions are not the same - [9]
- This reddit includes comments on Lulzbot rods - [10]
- Press fit vs non-press fit IGUS - [11]
- Drylin from Folgertech - $1.25 - [12]
- 8 mm oil impregnated bushings - [13]