Will chrome plated aluminium linear motion shaft slide easily through 3d printed guide?

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Sep 4, '16

Here’s what is important in my opinion… It is good design, for a sleeve-type bearing setup, for the bearing to be softer than the slide/rail/shaft. This way, the bearing wears out before the shaft. This would be the case for either of your options, but I presume option number two would lend itself …