Hey guys. Just wondering of your machine is as loud as mine : when the extruded is moving on making long distance (especially at fast speed), the motor makes a loud noise. You too ?
I have made a short video of my printing : listen at 10 seconds, and 14 seconds, especially.
Mine is as loud as your Phil… no worry about it IMO 
Me too unfortunately. I had to move my print room under my bedroom because my wife made me. I was making our office messy. The other night it kept me awake the whole night. I think I was hearing it through the heater vent. Strange thing is I don’t think it was this bad in the beginning. It is louder in the Y axis air move but still present in the X axis. I was wondering if sound deadening material such as that used in recording studios would help. I was going to make a video too but you beat me too it. An enclosure might help but I find it is too hot for small prints and you get a lot of curling up of small features.
Dhatw.
The zortrax advertisement was so quiet compared to this.
[quote name=cyansword]The zortrax advertisement was so quiet compared to this.
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I thought the opposite… In the ad it was beeping annoyingly all the time. Glad it doesn’t do that now! :lol:
I think that rapid sound is more of a resonance/vibration thing. On my printer it’s not loud at all when you sit next to the printer but it’s louder one story below in the dining room (because the vibration is amplified by the structure)
Dhatw…I would try to set the printer on a piece of foam and see if it helps to dampen the “structural amplification” during the night.
[quote name=Andre][quote=cyansword]The zortrax advertisement was so quiet compared to this.
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I thought the opposite… In the ad it was beeping annoyingly all the time. Glad it doesn’t do that now! :lol:
I think that rapid sound is more of a resonance/vibration thing. On my printer it’s not loud at all when you sit next to the printer but it’s louder one story below in the dining room (because the vibration is amplified by the structure)
Dhatw…I would try to set the printer on a piece of foam and see if it helps to dampen the “structural amplification” during the night.
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I agree… If it was set on a table on carpet I think that would kill most of the amplification. Mine sits on my bar that is attached to the wall and I don’t find it that bad. You can sit right next to printer and whisper to other people with no problem.
[quote name=Andre][quote=cyansword]The zortrax advertisement was so quiet compared to this.
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I thought the opposite… In the ad it was beeping annoyingly all the time. Glad it doesn’t do that now! :lol:
I think that rapid sound is more of a resonance/vibration thing. On my printer it’s not loud at all when you sit next to the printer but it’s louder one story below in the dining room (because the vibration is amplified by the structure)
Dhatw…I would try to set the printer on a piece of foam and see if it helps to dampen the “structural amplification” during the night.
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I though about that actually, I place it on the foam that it shipped with inside the box. It might have helped a bit but I couldn’t take a chance actually printing overnight. Also, despite the cutouts in the side of the bottom where the electronics are it got noticeably hotter on the inside base because the foam created a seal. I am going to get some soft rubber feet from work and give that a try. This will leave the bottom open still. I spoke to a guy that sells the sound deadinning foam and he thinks I would have to make a full enclosure then line it with the foam for It to be effective.
Dhatw.
I think it would be hard with any mechanically moving device to make it so quiet (without enclosing it) that it’s not bothering at night…
I’m super sensitive in that regards anyway. I can even hear the buzzing of my laptops power supply at night. :lol:
I think the Zortrax is far from being “loud” by any means.
[quote name=Andre]I think it would be hard with any mechanically moving device to make it so quiet (without enclosing it) that it’s not bothering at night…
I’m super sensitive in that regards anyway. I can even hear the buzzing of my laptops power supply at night. :lol:
I think the Zortrax is far from being “loud” by any means.
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It still can be more quiet, now just rapid moves are somehow loud.
It can be better one day and it is on the long TODO list.
Best Regards
Perfect, that’s even better!!! 
Thanks Martin.