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Hey all,

I’ve currently got a Da Vinci AiO which works fine. The only problem is I have it in the house and it can be rather loud. I understand that the enclosed area round the printer helps make it quieter, but it is too loud to keep on overnight which prevents me from printing longer prints.

Does anyone know of anyway that I may ‘soundproof’ my printer so it cannot be heard?

I’d be interested to hear something useful. Thanks in advance.

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putting some rubber rings between the stepper motors and the frame will help a lot with the high frequency sounds.

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Thanks. Do you know of any other solutions, for blocking out most of the sound?

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I found that placing my printer upon a rubber mat, removed some of the noise it produced

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I also bought some very quiet fans, with the rubbers for the stepper motors, made my printer very quiet :slight_smile:

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Thanks for the help.

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Thanks, I will consider doing this. I should be able to find a rubber mat or even buy a cheap one. Thanks for the advise.

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Hi!

I have put a big mat under my printer that blocks out some of the noise, but not all of it. The big gamechanger was exchanging the fan to a quieter version, which helped dramatically. You would be surprised how loud fans are!

Good Luck,

Jackson

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Thanks Jackson, a few have said changing the fan helps, but I’d never really though it would do much. I’ll definitely consider it though

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I actually have a few suggestions!
Firstly, yeah, looks like the “Rubbery stuff under printer thing” has been suggested … Enough before

But you can actually go farther!

Firstly, make sure you got a quiet PSU.
Is it some +12V PSU with a very loud fan? Well, no need for that!
Take apart an old PC and take out the ATX PSU. Anything with 200W or more is well suitable for 3D Printers, and they are a LOT quieter.
They also have the additional benefit of also supplying a +5V standby power, and can be turned on/off via a signal cable (usually the green one on the mainboard plug) from RAMPS or other boards!
Installation is easy, and there are guides out there, but basically all you need to do is either connect the signal line (green) to ground (black) or to the PSU_ON pin on RAMPS, then connect +12V (Yellow) to the power input, and Ground (Black) to the ground input!

Another thing to consider is getting different fans.
Some fans can be very quiet, some are very loud! If yours are loud and you think you don’t need that much airflow anyways, add a 20 Ohm resistor in series, or maybe two 40 Ohm if the single resistor gets warm. That will make them run slower, but a lot more quiet.

Also, change the stepper motor current!
You can regulate the stepper motor drive current as far down as you can reach without running into issues at printing speed. This will keep stepper motors cool, reduce power usage, and make them run really nice and quiet!

If you do want to take another step however, do take a TRINAMIC Stepper motor controller with Stealth Chop!
They are special, A4988 stepper motor compatible drivers that have a certain microstepping system that /litterally/ makes the stepper motors run noiseless.

Enjoy!

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Print out some feet in ninjaflex… Then go to home depot and but some insulationboard, 2 inch would work… then glue up a bottomless box… When you want to go to bed, place the box over your printer.