Turn of "beep" when retracting?

[conny_g 251]

Serious answer:

the Bondtech feeders have a very different sound profile. While the UM ones do a heavy "beep" the Bondtechs do a high pitched "zzzzt, zzzzt". Much less annoying. I love my Bondtech feeders.

[geert_2 557]

Placing a thin anti-slip rubber mat under the printer might also help a bit. Well, at least it helps for washing machines, and for all sorts of laboratory stuff like stirrers...

[IRobertI 520]

Is there really no answer to this? Why is my UMO+ making these nasty beeping noises when retracting??

There have to be a solution, why doesn't the Wanhao I3 beep when retracting? The retraction settings don't affect the beeping sounds either...

 

It's heavily dependent on the stepper motor driver that is being used. The ones UM uses happens to make the steppers fairly loud. That in combination with the resonance chamber of the UMO makes it worse. You could print out one of the many flexible feeder holders, they make a huge difference. To get an idea just unhook the feeder while you're printing something and hold it in your hand, you'll notice a dramatic change.