On 23/06/2018 11:38, T i m wrote:
On Fri, 22 Jun 2018 16:27:23 +0100, Nightjar
wrote:

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I found that rubber based anti-vibration products were fine for
stand-alone items, like an air compressor, where it didn't matter if the
top bit wiggled around a bit. They were less successful under machine
tools that needed stability.

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I wonder if just 'by chance' my little Myford ML10 seems to be fairly
quiet / vibration free (even when I had it in an indoor 'spare room')
because it sits on a wooden cabinet (some sort of ex sideboard /
cupboards / draws thing)?

I wouldn't be surprised if wood had similar properties to the plastic
material I provided a link to.


I mean, the actual lathe is generally quiet in use but you can sense
there would be some LF bearing / drive / belt 'rumble' that I imagine
could carry some way if not isolated?

The pump on my Bambi compressor is already rubber isolated and is
about as quiet as a compressor could get (to the joy of my tinnitus
and the neighbours). ;-)

Cheers, T i m




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