This greatly reduces the noise from the extruder motor. The wooden backplane of the Ultimaker did act like a drum.
To find out how much noise this upgrade can remove, carefully un-hook the feeder while printing, and hold it in your hand. Answer: it makes a huge difference.
Update1: separate, much better holder for the bowden coupling, and other tweaks.
Update2: upper hook should withstand PLA creep better.
feeder_suspension.blend | 582.3KB | |
feeder_suspension.stl | 484.3KB | |
feeder_suspension_coupling_holder.stl | 30.0KB | |
feeder_suspension_middlepiece.stl | 212.0KB | |
old_version.zip | 2.7MB |