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Just wondering what some of you are doing to keep your Ryedale QUIET!
I have tried taping foam to the chute but it did little.
Anyone have any other thoughts? Pics would help.
Thanks,

It's simple. Just throw it in the trash

So, running it in the garbage can works for you?
Thanks for the tip.
Any others?

Turn it off.

place pillows in the bottoms of the buckets?

I've found putting a small soft cover book over the coin cup, or on top of the extension hoppers will calm it down a bit. The problem comes from the coins as they eject from the feeder, and enter the chute.
I took some foam rubber tape (armaflex) and lined the underside/ bottom of my chute, and the slap plate (outboard side, towards operator) at the bottom of the chute seems to help.
Without building a sound proof chamber, it's really hard to keep it quiet.

Andy

Just run it in the basement or the garage that way you don't bother the rest of the family.

ear plugs work the best! PEACE!!

Play some music.

i wear ear protection. Reduces the sound (for me) greatly.

John_doe wrote:place pillows in the bottoms of the buckets?

I thought only empty buckets make noise?

Man, its the sound of money...why would you want to quiet that?

you want it to make noise. listen for the change in the noise so you know when it jams.

Ryedale wrote:Turn it off.

I've found this suggestion works best for me. I've also found that, so far, I quite enjoy the sound of it running. It's progress. And I'm far enough from the girls' bedrooms that they don't wake up when I run it. Andy, maybe this is your chance to come up with a deluxe model for the distinguished crowd! Twice the price and half the noise!

fasteddy wrote:Man, its the sound of money...why would you want to quiet that?

I agree... I'll be running 1000fv this weekend and loving every db level of it!

Cent1225 wrote:Just wondering what some of you are doing to keep your Ryedale QUIET!
I have tried taping foam to the chute but it did little.
Anyone have any other thoughts? Pics would help.
Thanks,

Hmmmmmmm....ship it to me.

Opened this post last night and read it tonight.
After I got up off the floor laughing at some of your responses, I have to say Thanks for all your help.
With friends like this, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(you fill in the blank)
Really though, Thanks Andy for the advice,
And the rest of you, I guess I asked for it and you delivered..
Thanks for the laugh.

(I know, the next response will be that all of you were serious!

See the bottom of this linked post for how I lower the dbs. My hearing is not great from too much loud music in college. I got a set of Bose Quiet Comfort 15 headphones for Christmas. They work great by just turning them on with no audio input. There is still enough noise that you can hear the machine running but it does make it quieter. I also have some cheap shooting ear protection that I got at Wal-Mart for less then $10 and they work well too.

mutiger

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I'd totally be up for a deluxe Ryedale model if its quieter, faster, and has a less chance of jamming. Even if costs $2,500 I'd look at it as an investment and buy it. The Apprentice Legacy is such a good machine, I'd love to see what an (even more) deluxe model could do.

Cent1225 wrote:(I know, the next response will be that all of you were serious!

I would've suggested chloroform, but.....there was that one incident in Las Vegas.....

Ecotic wrote:I'd totally be up for a deluxe Ryedale model if its quieter, faster, and has a less chance of jamming. Even if costs $2,500 I'd look at it as an investment and buy it. The Apprentice Legacy is such a good machine, I'd love to see what an (even more) deluxe model could do.

Something big in the pipeline for next fall or winter.
Won't go into all the details, but it will have auto shut off, which has been successfully developed in the "Ryedale Skunkworks dungeon"
Lots of work between now and then, but you could see a version of the old Coin Artist box coming back. Looking into a cool operator interface.
Don't hold off on buying a machine now, as this is still in the fantasy/development, and Apprentice owners will probably be able to trade in towards the new machine.
I had not had "quiet" on my official request list, but it has come up many times over the years so it's on there now.
Andy.

Don't feed it.

Or if you insist on running one.. look into buying an old Coin Artist.. if you can get anyone willing to turn one loose. The Coin Artist runs quieter than the Apprentice.

You could also make a dedicated room just for your penny sorting operation so it doesn't bother anyone.

Ear plugs are fantastic. I never sort without them.

Ryedale wrote:

Ecotic wrote:I'd totally be up for a deluxe Ryedale model if its quieter, faster, and has a less chance of jamming. Even if costs $2,500 I'd look at it as an investment and buy it. The Apprentice Legacy is such a good machine, I'd love to see what an (even more) deluxe model could do.

Something big in the pipeline for next fall or winter.
Won't go into all the details, but it will have auto shut off, which has been successfully developed in the "Ryedale Skunkworks dungeon"
Lots of work between now and then, but you could see a version of the old Coin Artist box coming back. Looking into a cool operator interface.
Don't hold off on buying a machine now, as this is still in the fantasy/development, and Apprentice owners will probably be able to trade in towards the new machine.
I had not had "quiet" on my official request list, but it has come up many times over the years so it's on there now.
Andy.

That's wonderful news Andy! I'll be first in line.