Making any 3D PRINTER (almost) SILENT
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ย. 2018
- If you have a 3d printer, that is just annoyingly loud, it turns out, that there is an easy and also quite cheap way to fix it. In this video I show you how I made my CR-10 almost silent for under $30 and not much work at all. The main things were replacing the hotend fan with one from Noctua, and adding vibration dampeners to the stepper motors.
IMPORTANT: It turns out that the 10mm thick Noctua fan doesn't push quite enough air to keep the hotend cool. You should go either with the 20mm variant, or something like this (slightly louder): www.digikey.com/short/qqmqmf
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IMPORTANT: It turns out that the 10mm thick Noctua fan doesn't push quite enough air to keep the hotend cool. You should go either with the 20mm variant, or something like this: www.digikey.com/short/qqmqmf
I went with the Noctua 20mm fan and there's not enough room. Fan ends up binding against the heat block which then won't allow you to get the fan housing back on. Best bet is to find a quiet fan in the same size as the original (10mm).
on my anet a8 (upgraded to hell) i use a 10mm noctua fan and it works fine, is there any reason why it doesn't on the cr-10, cause im considering getting one as my second printer but want it to be as quiet because they are in my room
also did you get 5v or 12v because i accidentally bought 5v at first for my printer and that stopped it pushing enough air but when replaced by 12v it worked like a dream
Noise blocker fans are a good alternative and TBH the difference shouldn't affect it enough
For that reason I ended up using a 12V Noctua fan with 20mm depth (NF-A4x20). I printed a new cover that I found on thingiverse that mimics the apparence of the original cover but allows for more internal room for a thicker fan.
Crappy fans are crappy.
Putting thick industrial foam under my printer worked brilliantly, it solved all noise coming from the motors. Make sure the foam is very dense otherwise, it may compress too much overtime resulting in more noise.
Where did you get your industrial foam from?
@@frickezthias8638 I got it from the packaging of something but you can find it by googling high density soft sponge foam.
Nice video!
I did the same upgrades about a year ago, and it has been working fine, except for the stepper motor dampeners. I have a feeling they are loosing their elasticity by time, hence the motors get a bit louder. But still much queiter than out of the box printer. Also they are so cheap that I dont mind changing them every six month!
You can spray some silicone spray from time to time on the rubber. It keeps it nice and soft.
I've done the VERY not electrically recommended thing of removing the bottom case panel from the control box AND the PSU and added nice 120mm fans in a caddy to the bottom for high airflow. The box is now very quiet and could be more so with a low-noise adapter as the airflow is more than needed. Pair that with the motor dampers and I think I wouldn't be able to hear the printer if I weren't within ~10ft of it. DEFINITELY getting a set of dampers soon.
Thanks bro, now i can finally print without bothering my roomate!
Do you experience reduced print quality due to the rubber spacer on the steppers? I would imagine this will introduce some flex in the belts and possibly reduce print quality at high speed?
I gave it a like right after he said: "I didn't ask you Alexa!" Thank you so much for leaving that in the video.
He says Voldemort?? Disliked.
Wow, funny you mentioned that. As I went out of fullscreen mode on my phone towards the end of the video, to look at other related videos on the topic. I saw your comment at the top of the comments and thought: "Hmh(!) when in the video do they say that?" And as I looked back up at the video, it happened!x-D Nice, great timing 👌
Nice video, I would like to do that with my own 3d-printer 👍 (creality CR10 mini)
Dude you awsome! by far the best modder/tutorial TH-camr ever! Keep up the great work!
can you suggest where I can get silent fans for the main board and the power supply for the ender 3? Thank you
hello gr8 video - i have a issue with a extruder motor not working - i checked stepper driver has voltage (extruder) but doesnt power motor on my ender 3, the cables test out as working, when i swap out the xyz, the extruder motor works - what is the next test ?
putting a fan cover on both the nozzle and brake fan with a dome in the centre like what you can get on thingiverse makes a lot of difference,its more the grills on the fans making noise as it pulls air over them
Fabulous, thanks for this video.
Well done! A Noctua fan is also used by the latest Prusa.
yeah Im getting that too sounds like its grinding noise from the control box
Thank you! super well made video👌👌
Hello my good sir, I just wanted to make sure that the 20 mm thick fan would cool my hot end properly as you have tried it?
If you have a omnijoin kit that came with the fan, can we see it...I don't have a soldering kit and it would be super helpful.
Hi, how did only by changing the fan reduce the noice from the bed and the extruder? My Anet e5 x extruder keeps terrible squealing and also the bed, but i'm ok with the fan noise.
A final thing would be to put the printer on a stone slab. Helps a lot!
A lot of folks use Noctua fans, but a few have concerns about the low CFM of the fans. I'm am curious if anyone has had luck with larger slower/quieter fans.
Thanks good video
huge difference!
great video!
How does Prusa do it? They're almost totally quiet while my Anycubic printers sound like a jet engine taking off.
Amazing👍
I have a flashforge ad3 the enclosure really dampens noise but the motherboard fan is a nightmare as it hums all the time
Nice Video.
What about the silent drivers?
well you have convinced me...
I installed stepper dampers and i was blown away by the noise reduction.
What are the parts
That music during the installation was sick
amazing
Gutes Video
How do the vibration dampeners affect print accuracy? Benchy please?
I can't tell any difference before and after in terms of print quality.
Datulab Tech what about dimensional accuracy? Do tolerance gauges still print the same?
can you also add trinamic stepper motor drivers ?
That would help a lot, as the drivers aren't replaceable on the stock board though, you would have to replace the entire controller board, or do quite a bit of soldering.
@@DarkArtGuitars men buy now the skr mini e3 that are plug and play, try out
My printer is downstairs and when I was upstairs, in my bedroom, someone who I was on the phone to could bear my printer. Definitely doing these upgrades whenever I can
Noice.! Gonna see if i can do it with my anycubic once it arrives. I hope i can buy those dampeners in my country
men the anycubic has removable drivers..... just swamp up for tmc 2100
You should rather buy TMC2208s. I couldn't believe how quiet my i3 mega became with them. For only 13e you can get 5 of them from aliexpress.
I just ordered the TMC2208 stepper driver, heard that these drivers make stepper motors silent.
Did it work?
@@pickachublast8 yes. Like magic. Now the fan is noisy.
It would be really nice to have an accuracy test results.
P.S. It was fun when Alexa interrupted you)
A very useful video, thank you for making it. The difference between the stock fans and the Noctua is astonishing, runs almost silent! The dampers on the motors really makes a huge difference too, the before-after really made it apparent. I'm trying to quieten a PSU for a compact form-factor PC and I'm leaning towards Noctua after this. Thanks for the comparison.
(constructive criticism though, that bed music while you were doing the upgrades was utterly hideous, need something easier on the ear!)
Is it also useful for ender 3?
Yes, it has a very similar build and mostly the same problems. For vibration dampening feet, and other 3d models just search for Ender 3 on Thingiverse and you will find lots.
i have to print something before tomorrow that goes overnight and my parents think my printer is too loud to use at night so this was very helpful
I have the same issue lol
ty m8
Just the thing i was looking for. Today i got Ender3 and immediately started to search for silencing upgrades
Careful the Ender3 fan is powered by 24V not 12V
Ender 3?
I honestly thought 3d printers were just loud since cr-10 was my first printer until I got more and it's easily the loudest
mine like that and the sound is fine to me
habe jetzt gerade einige deiner Videos Angesehen und muss sagen "boy im impressed".
Du steckst viel Zeit und Energie in deine Projekte, und hast leider sehr wenig viewes, ich hoffe das sich dies noch ändert.
ps. mann merkt dir deutlich an das du aus der Schweiz oder zumindest aus dem deutsch-sprechendem Raum kommst.
waren genau meine Gedanken, du verdienst eigentlich viel mehr views :)
mach weiter so, ist echt ne hohe Qualität!
Alexa😂 you crazy gal
7:25 - unhappy
7:31 - happy
It set off my Echo too . I can only assume your wake word is also Computer.
Yes, of course \\//
Leise muss es sein !
Stepper motor dampers and print some feet for your printer to isolate the vibrations from the printer and table. Easily eliminates all noise from the motors (except z axis since it hardly moves much to make noise) but from all other videos I found that there’s not much you can do to fix the hot end fan being loud. It’s just the nature of such small fans unfortunately.
How does Prusa do it? They're almost totally quiet while my Anycubic printers sound like a jet engine taking off.
I'm certain by the time I say I really love my ender 3 it will be %95 aftermarket parts .
i dont own a 3d printer but i still watched this video
isn't the noctua 12v and you're putting it on a 24v line?
exactly what i thought
but he isn't using an ender 3
the noise is the reason i only print no longer than 5 hours max and print early in the morning - definitly gonna mod my ender 3 asap -
When you try to play games and you have your printer besides you
My teammates is going to hear my printer
The 40x10 isn't good enough to cool the hot end. You should use a 40x20 and print a petsfang. Much better.
Fans i can stick with its the motors
Your Room setup is Fucking Sick man!
I leave my printer on when I goto sleep in bed I cant stand it so I had too turn it off and resume my print next day
Glad to know that is possible at least
@@thegraffitiwriterknowsas6821 I had a problem Id couldnt resume my printing it start out as new print I guess it new firmware update for doing that
I just upgraded the motherboard to a silent board + Fan would be really quiet
Replace the rubber with acrylic
Those motor mounts wont last long from the tension
having serious problems understanding what the fuzz is about the ''noize''? xD this printer sounded quite silent if you ask me :)
Can’t hear a word of this. My ender 3 is running
Very nice. Oh and SLAYER!!!@&##&$@
you look like Paul McCartney
Damn it alexa haha
Got mine in the dinning room table and i can hear it 2 rooms away :/
bitte keine Dämpfer.. TMC2130 ;) oder zumindest 2100
Das wäre noch eleganter, jedoch auch wesentlich teurer, und komplizierter, da man die treiber beim CR-10 nicht einfach so austauschen kann.
@@DarkArtGuitars du bist ja taff.. teuere im Angesicht der Möglichkeiten .. geht gegen 0.0. .. fänd es wäre ein guter kontent für deinen Kanal.. findest sicherlich auch Support bei dem hersteller/ Vertrieb.. anbei noch ein großes Lob an dich hast sehr gute Videos.. mach weiter so.
Oder beides
i dont understand a word my ender is too fuckin loud!
it doesn't sound like a fuckin jet engine!
nice vid though
Actually I am quite happy with the standard sound of my printer. This way I can pretend not to hear my girlfriend whenever she calls for me, major win :p
It would be better if you will not read it...
Great work but atrocious music.
He looks young but the voice doesn’t match
hi are you alien?
i know im 2 years late, but look at the camera, not somewhere else, it looks like you are blind
of course u can put a quieter fan = less cooling slower spinning fan,,,, what a fail video
You look like a girl. And you sound like Buffalo Bill from The Silence of the Lambs.
Username checks out