On Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:35:24 -0400, "Existential Angst"
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On Mar 24, 1:11 pm, Ed Huntress wrote:



A square on the end of your rod, made of UHMWP:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-h...t_polyethylene

You shouldn't need to lubricate it.

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Ed Huntress

That is exactly what I would do. You can get UHMW poly from either
MSC or Grainger. I got a little from MSC to have some around.
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Haven't read ed's link yet, but does it have any "give" to it, is it
compressible at all?

I'll let Dan comment on that, since he has some. Its measured hardness
is pretty high, though, like typical thermoplastics: Shore D 80.

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Ed Huntress