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Precision CNC Machine Applications

From 3D printing to more precision

Look up Thomas Register - [2]

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.

$4/foot from Aliexpress - [4]
$4.6/foot on amazon - [5]
$10 for 1 meter - Folgertech - [6]
Specifications included - [7]. $7.10 for 355 mm
How about less hard rod and plastic bearings? See about IGUS plastic bearings - [8]
Igus - $8/bearing - [9]
Reddit thread - no consensus - [10]
Igus external bearing dimensions are not the same - [11]
This reddit includes comments on Lulzbot rods - [12]
Press fit vs non-press fit IGUS - [13]
Drylin from Folgertech - $1.25 - [14]
8 mm oil impregnated bushings - [15]

$100 for 60 rods from McMaster to OSE headquarters.

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