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Andrew Zonenberg

Oof.

mcmaster.com/product/87405K46-

$160 for a one inch diameter x one inch tall polyimide puck.

And i thought PEEK was expensive.

For comparison a 1" square x 12" long square PEEK bar is $140.

mcmaster.com/product/9089K144-

And an equivalent bar of 6061 aluminum is $12.
mcmaster.com/product/9008K14-9

Other candidate high temp materials: Garolite (FR4-like glass-epoxy composite) is $30 for a 1x1 inch by 2 foot bar. About the same as 6061.

mcmaster.com/product/8557K612

But the glass reinforcement is hard on tooling and makes nasty airborne glass dust.

PTFE is $69 per foot.

mcmaster.com/product/8735K64

But ignoring all of the other issues with fluoropolymers, being super slippery is probably not a great attribute for a fixture that's supposed to hold things in place.