Consider Norbonene instead

Posted by bartc (A) on February 20, 2011 at 07:23:21

In Reply to: Sorbothane discovery posted by SCBailey on February 19, 2011 at 20:14:41:

Also called Norsorex, "dead" "sad" or "unhappy" balls. No kidding. A superior and not overly expensive elastomer made and used specificaly for vibe damping in critical operations (submarine sonar units, electron microscopes, etc.)

I buy mine as 3/4" balls from Arbor Scientific. The folks at Edmund Scientific have them in larger sizes.

These work better IME than sorbothane.

Steve at Herbie's Audio Labs claims superior performance for their elastomer to any of the above and I admit their stuff is very good too, but it's not so cheap. He does sell it in a variety of sizes and will give you very good information on size to weight bearing capacity, plus he's excellent at honoring his satisfaction guarantee.

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Topic - Sorbothane discovery - SCBailey 20:14:41 02/19/11 (18)

RE: Sorbothane discovery - Roxy54 13:31:17 02/22/11 (0)

Anyone tried E-A-R feet? - FidPup 09:25:06 02/21/11 (3)

Yup. They suck. Pretty cool-looking, though. nt - geoffkait 15:11:27 02/21/11 (2)

Suck? - FidPup 07:09:02 02/22/11 (1)

RE: Suck? - geoffkait 08:28:20 02/22/11 (0)

RE: Sorbothane halfdomes (brand: Isolate It) on Amazon - Elizabeth 13:17:23 02/20/11 (0)

Consider Norbonene instead - bartc 07:23:21 02/20/11 (0)

Oh yes... - genungo 03:14:17 02/20/11 (4)

There are some prodcts which have a variety of durometer rates, I wish i could find that source again? - Elizabeth 05:30:18 02/20/11 (3)

RE: There are some prodcts which have a variety of durometer rates, I wish i could find that source again? - genungo 08:34:08 02/20/11 (2)

RE: There are some prodcts which have a variety of durometer rates, I wish i could find that source again? - SCBailey 08:39:03 02/20/11 (1)

Use anecdotal experience or manufacturer's recommendations as a starting point... - genungo 08:58:05 02/20/11 (0)

? Sorbothane hemispherical or ... - hifitommy 00:21:30 02/20/11 (5)

RE: ? Sorbothane hemispherical or ... - Awe-d-o-file 08:33:14 02/20/11 (4)

hemispherical but no image at edmund - hifitommy 09:10:15 02/20/11 (0)

RE: ? Sorbothane hemispherical or ... - SCBailey 08:35:42 02/20/11 (2)

You could easily buy little felt disks and stick them on any Sorbothane halfdome - Elizabeth 02:49:41 02/21/11 (1)

RE: You could easily buy little felt disks and stick them on any Sorbothane halfdome - jasonpatrickbrowne 12:21:03 01/28/15 (0)

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Consider Norbonene instead - bartc 07:23:21 02/20/11 (0)

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