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=Bulk 2017= | =Bulk 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 | *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- [[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= | ||
Revision as of 23:09, 5 October 2019
Bulk 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 - [1]
- $4.6/foot on amazon - [2]
- $10 for 1 meter - Folgertech - [3]
- Specifications included - [4]. $7.10 for 355 mm
- How about less hard rod and plastic bearings? See about IGUS plastic bearings - [5]
- Igus - $8/bearing - [6]
- Reddit thread - no consensus - [7]
- Igus external bearing dimensions are not the same - [8]
- This reddit includes comments on Lulzbot rods - [9]
- Press fit vs non-press fit IGUS - [10]
- Drylin from Folgertech - $1.25 - [11]
- 8 mm oil impregnated bushings - [12]