I agree with Dave, see if you can create an enclosure for the router. Thats probably about the easiest way to reduce the noise.
Screaming Router - How do I make it quieter
He all . . .
I have been doing a little work with my router which is mounted in a table. It is a DW616, the table is aluminum. Here is a pick.
The problem is that it screams like a banshee. I do not believe it is broken. There is a ever so slight movement in-and-out on the shaft, but nothing side to side. I have not abused it or used it so much that the bearing would be shot. There is no play\distortions in the wood that I route.
I do not find the scream bad as I am wearing hearing protection; however DW finds it loud in the house which is about 20 feet away.
Right now I'm using T&G bits to make some wainscoting.
Two questions . . . well maybe three:
1) Is there anyway I can soundproof my router table?
2) Are there routers out there with lower decibels? Where would I find the dbs for mine?
3) Is my router broken? How can I tell?
Thoughts ? Opinions ? Musings ?
I have been doing a little work with my router which is mounted in a table. It is a DW616, the table is aluminum. Here is a pick.
The problem is that it screams like a banshee. I do not believe it is broken. There is a ever so slight movement in-and-out on the shaft, but nothing side to side. I have not abused it or used it so much that the bearing would be shot. There is no play\distortions in the wood that I route.
I do not find the scream bad as I am wearing hearing protection; however DW finds it loud in the house which is about 20 feet away.
Right now I'm using T&G bits to make some wainscoting.
Two questions . . . well maybe three:
1) Is there anyway I can soundproof my router table?
2) Are there routers out there with lower decibels? Where would I find the dbs for mine?
3) Is my router broken? How can I tell?
Thoughts ? Opinions ? Musings ?
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Tks for all the replies. The consensus is to enclose the base. Im not going to rebuild the entire cabinet, although that would allow for maximum dampening, but instead I used 1" styro cut to size for both the open ends and the sides. I have left gaps for ventilation and the dust extraction is taken from behind the bit.
The simplest solution is to get DW to wear ear plugs . . . but dat aint gonna happen.
Here are some pics. Does it work . . . not sure . . . have not run it yet. But I will let you know.
I'm using a high tech piece of orange string to to keep it all together. That may change when I fire it up.
The simplest solution is to get DW to wear ear plugs . . . but dat aint gonna happen.
Here are some pics. Does it work . . . not sure . . . have not run it yet. But I will let you know.
I'm using a high tech piece of orange string to to keep it all together. That may change when I fire it up.
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