Quiet Router
- Thread starter JerseyBill
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All full size routers are quieter IME.
Nobody touches how much more quiet when you slow down a variable speed down when using a real nice wing cutter.
Hi Kenny,
The box is a great protection device.
I love my quiet router on my Cue Monster for inlays and pockets. But you are right about cutting shafts. We did cut our aluminum taper bars though for our saw tapering machines with it with a modified table we built.
I made a decision not to do anything other than inlay work for this machine a long time ago.
Very accurate and yes, very quiet.
Rick
Belt driven Quiet Router, NSK Spindle with DC motor pulley set up shown here. I built an enclosed box with air inlet and a 4 inch suction system for removing fine dust. When the CNC is running in my shop it is the quietest machine I have. I could not bare to listen to a loud router for CNC work. It would drive me nuts. Especially if I couldn't hear the TV shows wile I work in the shop. One rule in our shop is no machine on during Perry Mason or Kojack on Me TV.:nono: The CNC in this box is the only exception because it is so quiet. I also keep my vaccum suctions system in a trailer outside of my shop and that also keeps the cumulative noise fromthat system outside of the shop.
I worked for Carrier Air Cond. way back before hearing protection was even thought about. I worked in an area with fin presses that made the fins for the heat exchanger coils. There were about 20 of those machines running, hammering out fins all the time. It was so noisy that you could not talk to the person next to you.
Because of that I cannot hear the last 4 high notes in a hearing test.
I always wear ear muffs when the router is running ... along with my respirator.
BTW Rick.... what is that electrical fire trap you have on the side of your cue monster??? LOL
Kim
Kim,
The biggest amp draw I have is my controller, spindle motor, computer monitor and a small flouresant light. These are the only things that are powered up at one time. The rest of the stuff is cell phone charger computer speakers ect that are only used when the CNC in not working.
It is a fire hazard looking nightmare for sure.
Rick