Noiseless banging

[AMALGAM]

Hey you guys,
I am wondering if any of you have any ideas to build a vise stand capable to absorb noise. I need to bang a little and I would like to make as less noise as possible. Is that doable?
Thank you
Alfredo

[boilerman]

dead blow hammer

[Franz]

Use a wheel with a tire mounted on it, 1000/20 truck tires work well for large vises. Fill the tire about 75% with water, and then add 40# of air pressure.
Weld a column from the center of the wheel to mount the vise on.
You'll have a real stable platform, and the tire will eliminate a lot of sound transferr.

[AMALGAM]

Franz,

Would this base allow me to do some leverage without tilting the stand? I am asking because I use the vise to bend some materials. and if I anchor the base to the floor it would defeat the purpose, wouldn' it?
Alfredo

[Sberry]

Bending sideways no, bending pressure down it should work.

[AMALGAM]

What about sawing?
Alfredo

[Guest]

Alfredo, weldors are supposed to make noise...that's half the fun!

[Mike W]

10-4, especially when you fire up the grinder.

[Franz]

A 1000/20 tire full of water weighs about 500 pounds, so it won't move very easy.
They also make an excellent traction enhancer when loaded into the back of a pickup truck.
Noise, if we couldn't make noise, why the **** would we own all those air chippers, needle scalers, and grinders, and those neat earmuffs?

[AMALGAM]

About the noise

The concern about the noise is because I do not have a shop I work from my garage in a deed restricted community. I am an sculptor and I am starting to make metal sculptures, and even when the neighbors are pretty easy people I still need to lower the levels of noise. What I do is I use grinders, chop saw, and all the heavy noise stuff during weekdays when everybody is at work, and welding and detailing at nights and weekends. Again what I do is art, so I do not handle big heavy projects. By the way one more curiosity, how can I pour water inside the tire? and how do I know when I reach the 75% of water in it?

Alfredo

[Franz]

1, let air out of tire
2, remove valve stem
3 stand tire on tread with stem at 2 or 10 oclock position
4, attach tire inflator to garden hose
5, fill tire with water
when you get to around 75% the water will run back out of the tire
6, reinstall valve core
7, inflate tire with air to around 20# pressure.

Don't get concerned about deed restrictions, those restrictions, along with zoning laws rarely address artistic endevors, and you'd be amazed at some of the things that can pass as art in this world.

[BMB]

Not sure if this is something you want to try, but if you put down some carpet it will really cut the noise levels. I know of one guy who swears by the carpet in his garage. He likes it because of the noise reduction and says it keeps parts/tools from rolling off. It doesn't have to be nice carpet, check with some apartments, remodelers, etc. for old take out carpet.

BMB

[Bender]

Originally posted by Rocky D
Alfredo, weldors are supposed to make noise...that's half the fun!

Not where I work. Seems the guys there think they work in a library. If your hammerin while thier trying to talk (you know about the game and such) they get down right angry sometimes.

About the carpet thing. You could try dumpster diving too. My Grandpa(God rest his soul) carpeted alot of rooms in his house and one in ours when I was a kid. You 'ed be suprised what people throw out. It is real good for sound proofing but is also flamable.

[Blacksmith]

Working in your garage... you might also try fiberglass insulation in the walls and overhead and/or acoustic tiles to stop the sound transmission. Genrally speaking, hard surfaces; concrete, plasterboard, etc reflect sound waves, soft surfaces; the carpet, fiberglass, acoutic tiles absorb sound. Would lesson the ringing in your ears too if you get real aggressive and forget the ear plugs.

[russell]

if you are in a garage...you might consider insulating the walls,ceilings and doors...and installing a storm window on any exterior windows...by keeping the doors shut and any air gaps down...you will trap much of the noise inside.

just be sure you wear ear muffs though...cuz it will be louder inside....



russell