Soft
ball for IKEA isolation platform?
April
23, 2025
Marc,
I
just read your article on using two IKEA Aptitlig cutting boards with
bearings between them as an isolation platform. I love the idea, but I am curious if
you’ve tried doing this with a bearing made of a soft material. Perhaps stick two of these together to make a sphere?
Robbie
Smith
The
softest sphere material I've tried is Delrin, and it works well, though I think the harder
spheres work best sonically, probably because they help with transfer of energy from one
Aptitlig to the other. They also allow the platform to move, if that's useful to you. All
that said, I do see 7/16" rubber balls on eBay (7/16" is the ideal diameter for
the channel in the Aptitlig cutting boards), although they are expensive for some reason.
I'll see if a cheaper alternative exists and give them a try. -Marc Mickelson
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April
1, 2025
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