8 mm Rod

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]