Re: Supporting the machine?
Suggest you try RS...
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- Anti Vibration Mounts and Feet
See what is available then shop around.
Re: Supporting the machine?
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Robin Hewitt
- Anti Vibration Mounts and Feet
£30 a foot? Not too sure I love the wife and kids that much :whistling:
Actually I forgot about RS, I think they have some stuff within my budget that would be useful as part of the overall reduction strategy. Thanks :tup:
Re: Supporting the machine?
Thinking about it... issues with steppers vibrating have been solved by using "rattlers", I remember people attaching magnets to anvils to reduce the noise, a white paper I read recently said that more bolts reduced vibration... so would it be feasible to incorporate something into the mill design (or table design in this case I suppose) that would help? Not just adding mass, but moveable mass in the same way the "rattler" uses loose components to work?
Re: Supporting the machine?
Steppers don't rattle unless you full step them, they purr.
The noise is the spindle motor and the tool hitting the workpiece. Only annoying if high frequency.
If it's a mill you should be fine sitting it on fat rubber feet.
If it's a router, your only hope is an accoustic hood :whistling:
Re: Supporting the machine?
I think the expression used elsewhere was "It's not a router, it's a bed mill..." :lol:
Re: Supporting the machine?
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Originally Posted by
Robin Hewitt
The noise is the spindle motor and the tool hitting the workpiece. Only annoying if high frequency.
So in relation to an acoustic hood, would it be fair to say I only need to consider materials that will deal with the higher frequencies instead of being affective across a broad range of frequencies?
Re: Supporting the machine?
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Originally Posted by
Robin Hewitt
Steppers don't rattle unless you full step them, they purr
I think 'rattlers' may have been referring to dampers you put on the motors which allegedly reduce resonance?
I think the rest of it is negligible compared to the noise/vibration caused by cutting.