Possible suggestions for noise dampening your shuffle master

[mikeyinsd]

I wanted to put together a list of things people did to quiet down their shuffle master as well as put in my $.02! ;)

saw this stuff and think it could work inside the shufflemaster....

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/wwg/productIndex.shtml?from=Search&newSrch=yes&operator=keywordSearch&search_type=keyword&action=Go!&QueryString=Rubber%2CEPDM%2C1%2F32+In+Thick%2C2+x+ 36+In&submit.x=0&submit.y=0

I'm going to get some and try it out. should take most of the card hitting noise out of the machine though. anyone else try something different?

[The Duke]

I'm planning on making an enclosure to fit around the shuffler underneath my table.

It'll be lined with luxury liner pro from second skin audio. It's a noise dampening/absorber foam designed for car audio.

And finally I'll line the underside of the door with something like their damplifier pro product.

I'm a bit hesitant to actually apply any foam or rubber on the inner workings of the shuffler - I don't want to get any adhesive gumming up the mechanical gear.

[The Duke]

I actually took a better look inside the unit with a flashlight.

It looks like there are two foam strips glued to the outer walls of the shuffler where the cards go when the deck is cut.

Here's a pic (the two vertical gray strips):

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/9999/cimg4292nr6.jpg (http://img508.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cimg4292nr6.jpg)

The strips are about 1/8 inch thick. I think if the area between the strips was had more foam it would help dampen the noise.

I think self adhesive weatherstripping foam should do the trick.

http://www.homedepot.ca/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CatalogSearchResultView?revtab=true&D=941500&Ntt=941500&recN=112195%204294967138&langId=-15&Dx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntk=P_PartNumber&storeId=10051&Ntx=mode+matchall&N=0&catalogId=10051

[mikeyinsd]

that part doesn't really concern me, the problem is where the cards hit the sides of the unit on the inside chambers. I should hopefully get the 1/16" adhesive backed rubber by tomorrow and hopefully I can conduct a test to see if it helps. I'm trying to get some 1/16" adhesive backed closed cell foam as I think this would work better. But if the rubber works then It'll last longer than the foam. ;)

[The Duke]

Actually that area with the strips is 'half' of the issue of the noise - the machine cuts the deck and then riffles the deck back into the card tray - which would be the other 'half' of the noise issue.

[RyGuy]

Actually that area with the strips is 'half' of the issue of the noise - the machine cuts the deck and then riffles the deck back into the card tray - which would be the other 'half' of the noise issue.

x2. My sense is that a good bit of the residual noise is from the cards being spun back into the center card tray.

[mikeyinsd]

well just as I suspected might happen, happened. I put in the 1/32" adhesive backed rubber and cards started getting stuck. the rubber grabbed the cards. I first tried putting it on the center tray around the front and back sides and the cards didn't jam very often about one in 10 times. then put them on the left and right sides and the cards stacked up pretty badly.

Took all the rubber off and I'm going to try putting it on the backsides of the plastic to kind of muffle the resonance and add weight to the plastic to dampen the vibration.. I'll keep you guys posted....

[mikeyinsd]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUoyZOUrF_M

It's weird because the camera microphone picks up the noise more with the door closed!

I don't know how to film it so that it represents the true sound while it's closed. The strips help though. and the foil tape helps the cards glide. I used it in a tournament today and it barely jammed once. By barely jamming I mean that the shuffler was able to rectify the card situation.

[doughboy63]

iIdont think my volume real was high, but that thing is LOUD. In person is it louder when closed? If so maybe the lid is giving an echo effect? Sound insulating the lid may provide some noise dampening, but then you lose the "security".