tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223283.post392147478566482671..comments2009-06-04T16:37:26.752+01:00Adrian Bowyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17595509188999219420noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223283.post-62893013644384382572009-06-04T16:37:26.752+01:002009-06-04T16:37:26.752+01:00I must admit to have been toying with the idea of designing a sort of flange with a cone on top that developed into a hexagonal receptacle for a steel M8 acorn nut.<br /><br />The idea being to put a cheap rubber door stop (Hardware shop, B&amp;Q, Screfix, etc) in the bottom to make screw on shock absorbing, noise suppressing, feet.<br /><br />The more I think about it though using a long nut would allow you to have adjustable screw on feet that you could lock off with a standard nut.aka47http://www.blogger.com/profile/04272439579353956235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223283.post-66141858217793293582009-06-04T09:58:11.931+01:002009-06-04T09:58:11.931+01:00Actually one of the things on my list to do* is to print some sprung feet for the machine to reduce sounding board effects.<br /><br />*This list is now so long that I am forgetting some things on it faster than I am doing others :-)Adrian Bowyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17595509188999219420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223283.post-38903848076800577862009-05-28T22:26:49.751+01:002009-05-28T22:26:49.751+01:00Adrian<br /><br />I would check what the darwin is stood on and whether it is acting as a sounding board ie material resonance.<br /><br />Putting rubber feet on might help decouple the darwin from what it is stood on.<br /><br />There again you might have these things covered already.<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />aka47aka47http://www.blogger.com/profile/04272439579353956235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223283.post-57937609751408651542009-05-28T13:48:46.206+01:002009-05-28T13:48:46.206+01:00It's a bit noisy, but the camera makes it sound like a tractor... The Darwin at the lab in the University is a lot quieter, for some reason.Adrian Bowyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17595509188999219420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223283.post-86792366904559850012009-05-28T01:14:43.223+01:002009-05-28T01:14:43.223+01:00Yeah, I know the mike on my camera picks up and amplifies the softest sounds into something that sounds like a rock concert. :-sForrest Higgshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17208965471464716174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223283.post-21502547953718060772009-05-27T19:56:22.660+01:002009-05-27T19:56:22.660+01:00i think it has something to do with the frequincy of the noise mic's really pic it up well.dissidencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11988319309314632650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223283.post-91660829881860532392009-05-27T18:03:12.935+01:002009-05-27T18:03:12.935+01:00I'm assuming that your Darwin isn't nearly as noisy as your videoclip seems to indicate. Is that correct?Forrest Higgshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17208965471464716174noreply@blogger.com