Soundproof enclosure for Shapeoko 3

[LiamN (Liam Newcombe)]

It might be worth a few minutes to read through these previous threads and see what other folks have done and how it worked out for them.

Building an enclosure

Greetings all! I haven’t purchased my CNC yet but I’m planning on doing it in a few weeks and I am already getting ready on building in the enclosure. The problem is this CNC machine is going to be inside I’m going to be putting it in a 7‘ x 7‘ walk-in closet of mine. My first question is how thick the walls have to be to cancel most of the sound? I was planning on making 4 to 5 inch thick walls With three-quarter inch thick Baltic Birch plywood and 4 inches of roxul safe and sound sound damp…

Designing a soundproof'ish enclosure for my new SO3

I just got the new SO3 (with the Z-plus axis) and I’m designing a soundproof’ish enclosure for it. I live in an apartment, so reducing noise is really important to me. I’ve already asked for advice on vacuums on this forum (I’ve landed on the Nilfisk Aero 21-01) and was hoping I could get some advice on enclosures. First of all… what kind of clearance do people feel is comfortable to the sides, back, front and top of the SO3? If the SO3 is in the top position, it’s 450mm tall from what I can m…

My sound proofing enclosure for the XXL

I thought I would share what I had made for sound proofing my SO3 XXL. The sound proofing material I used is essentially recycled blue jeans. Here is the link to what I had ordered: Steps I still need to take: Make sound proof front cover Install overhead LED strip Install Camera to monitor jobs Sound proof a basement box for the shop vac Rewire power button of shop vac to turn on/off from outside the sound proof box Order or make Suckit Dust Boot Order 10’ shop vac hose to run from sound p…