Just wanted to say thank you for all the videos, SUPER helpful getting started with a new 3018 ProVer CNC machine! I used your guide to build a sound-dampening box and it came out great. I’m constrained on worktable space, so I used five 8ft 2x4s to make a small sturdy table for it. I had just put in a home gym in the garage and had some of the puzzle mat flooring tiles left over. I lined the box with those. They are easy to cut and work great to increase the sound dampening. If you don’t mind the hinges showing, you can mount them on the outside, and the door just lays back over the top. No need for fancy hinges! I also cut out a hole and attached a vacuum “gulper” at the back of the floor. I’m thinking that - since blowing air is much more directional than a vacuum -- my next mod is to cut down a motor oil funnel and attach it to the spindle housing. The top will go to an old vacuum hose to draw in outside air. When the shop vac is attached to the gulper on the floor, the funnel will effectively become a blower and I think it will work much better (and cheaper!) than the custom vacuum attachment.
Oh yeah, for "cabinet space" underneath add a slide shelf like on a desk for a keyboard but slap the laptop on and when running just slide it underneath 👍
Well....The new video goes live on Sunday which includes the upgrades including vacuum hose port, top extractor fan, lights and one or two other things. I needed to leave the gap underneath empty unfortunately. I made another video called big tools in a small workshop and you can see that gap allows me to slide bigger bits of wood on for my mitre saw
As a CNC newbie, I thoroughly find your tutorial video most useful and informative. THANK YOU! A quick question... in the build of your enclosure, did you use plywood for the base that is thicker than 12 mm?
Great build and excellent video, very concise. No time wasted with mindless chatter like so many instruction videos! I noticed you have your laser mounted on the front of the spindle bracket, what did you use to do that?
When you use an extractor you create a vacuum and lose suction, may I suggest an adjustable slide on the front edge to allow a flow of air through the work piece.
hi thanks for the video will be making one this weekend just a quick question where did you get the laser safty window from. thanks again for all your videos they are helping me a lot
Me again James lol.... Can I ask how much reduced noise is accomplished, I have the 775 20k spindle and boy its so noisy, I know adding something like audio foam can reduce noise but like water... im sure noise will still leak through and gaps it can find like joints for example.
Hi James I like the design and will be adding a draw at the bottom for my laptop sliding sideways to allow the screen to be opened without interference at the front of the enclosure. I did wonder however that the angle of your blade while cutting the top lid and front was set to 45 degrees. should it be 22.5 degrees?
There was a reason why I did it that way at the time but its been a while now so I have forgotten but mine is cut at 45 and the door sets square within it. You can either do it so its 0 degrees (or 90 depending on how you measure) meets a 45 degrees and it slots in or 22.5 meets 22.5 and it bevels itself in that makes sense.
@@JamesDeanDesigns I have gone over the setup and the 45 edge works out to be 17.5mm and the 90 is 12mm so they don't meet properly. However in hind sight all I need to do is rebate a 3mm deep x 12mm wide trench on each side of the door or adjust the design slightly so the door fits inside between the two side panels. Either way it's a great design and easy to adjust, Thanks for your video and response to my question.
Can you signpost me to the video that goes through the upgrades that you have done to this enclosure please? I am planning on building mine tomorrow but was interested to see how you and what you upgraded. Thank again James
Sorry Mick, only just saw this message. Head over to the Sainsmart user group on Facebook. In the files section there will be a file called something like "Novice introduction to making a spoilboard" one of Graham Blands guides.
The perspex on the video is just clear stuff off amazon. However I have since added an actual laser shield from Robosavy robosavvy.com/store/laser-shielding.html
Nice build. I think I will be having a go at this. My main issue is trying to avoid annoying the neighbours with noise from the CNC. Using a dB phone app my machine is putting out about 85dB when cutting. MDF with 3.1mm end mill at 1mm depth. Any idea what the dB difference is, with your machine, between door open and door closed please when it is cutting?
I dont off the top of my head but if you take a look at my tips and tricks video, you will see the main cause of the noise is vibration from imbalanced spindles. Its a bit of trial and error finding a quiet spindle. I've got mine down to under 70db with the door open so obviously even less when closed. You can help this further if needed by using sound insulation inside the enclosure as well. Ive chosen not to do it as its spongey and I think it will be a pain to vacuum the dust off
@@JamesDeanDesigns thanks James. Do you mean unbalanced when cutting or just spinning. The spinning spindle is not very noisy off load. It is only when it is cutting something that it is disturbingly noisy.
@@alandimery3379 bit of everything but cutting 1mm on these machines is actually quite deep. You'll probably find your machin is struggling a little. Even on MDF I dont cut, the maximum depth I go is 0.8mm and thats with more powerful spindle and a sharp bit. My usual setting is 0.4 at about 450mmps for something like oak. Perhaps bring that down to 0.5 as a test and see what the difference is
@@JamesDeanDesigns thanks, I will try that. I will have a go at an enclosure in the next day or two. I intend to make a double shell enclosure. I just had the idea of putting expanding foam between them to see if that has an effect on deadening the sound.
@@JamesDeanDesigns Hiyah James. I just wanted to say thank you for your advice. You suceeded where the Facebbok group failed. I lowered it to 0.4mm and 450mmpm and it cut the noise by 20dB. It is now comfortable to watch TV with the CNC in the corridor and I am fairly sure the neighbour won't be bothered by it. And that is stand alone and not in a cabinet. Okay it takes a lot longer but I am in no hurry. Cheers
What do you think of using 1/4 inch (6mm) wood? The 1/2 (12mm) seems too bulky for me to get home and work with. (I am an old fart) I would not be able to cut the groves in the side panels, but I could compensate for that with a minor design change.
If you were to use this for a laser, would the smoke smell from the laser absorb into the wood? I need to build something like this for my diode laser, to use indoors.
I think you may be right, it looks like I've just copied the measurement from the piece next to it. I'll have to go and double check and update the drawing. Well done, I dont think no one else had spotted that mistake
It made a huge difference. Made it tolerable to work next to it without hearing protection. Also check out my tips and tricks video at other ways to help reduce noise
In this enclosure, I installed a 12v PC fan on the top to extract the smoke. I cover the upgrades I'm this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-x8OT2y2ospI.html