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Natural Science Forum / Physics / Acoustics / December 2004Advice about dampening jewellery-making sounds!
Hello. I'm hoping someone can provide me with a bit of advice. I'm a contemporary jeweller and have just moved into a new apartment which has wooden floors - cheap imitation ones, but apparently problematic for the people downstairs, nonetheless! To make matters worse, the room I'm using as a workroom also has a huge mirrored built-in wardrobe, three windows and currently no soft furnishings. I don't do much heavy making at all, but do a bit of hammering of silver wire on a small steel block with a steel hammer. At the moment when I do this I get quite a loud echo within the room, but the sound doesn't seem to be too low in terms of pitch. Currently I get I'm planning to get a big rug for the floor and am also making sure I keep the windows closed when I'm doing this work, but I'm wondering if people here might have some other suggestions as well. I have visions of somehow doing my hammering inside a box covered in egg cartons! It's a rented apartment, so I can't do anything too major to it, unfortunately. Thanks for any help you can provide! The problem for the neighbors downstairs may not have anything to do with how loud the hammering is in your apartment. You are hammering on the structure. This causes the structure for a long distance to radiate sound, in other apartments as well as yours. The sound is very distinctive so it becomes very noticeable. You need to make sure you have some kind of isolating material between your tabletop and the floor. > Hello. I'm hoping someone can provide me with a bit of advice. I'm a > contemporary jeweller and have just moved into a new apartment which has [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Thanks for any help you can provide! > I don't do much heavy making at all, but do a bit of hammering of silver > wire on a small steel block with a steel hammer. At the moment when I do > this I get quite a loud echo within the room, but the sound doesn't seem to > be too low in terms of pitch. Sounds like the crack of the hammer impact is dominating your attention to the matter. There is also the thump of that impact that may permeate the floor. > Currently I get I'm planning to get a big rug for the floor and am also > making sure I keep the windows closed when I'm doing this work, but I'm > wondering if people here might have some other suggestions as well. I have > visions of somehow doing my hammering inside a box covered in egg cartons! To reduce the thump purveyance, the steel block should be set on a folded cloth, achieving at least 1/2" thickness. Perhaps in the day time, this is not so important, but it should be considered for night work after 10pm. Unfortunately, such a soft mounting for that steel base may reduce the accuracy of your blows, but use it when you can. The box about the hammering is a good idea. The thicker the treatment inside the box, the better. Lining with cloth pads is better than egg crates. Up to 3" to 4" thickness is effective. > It's a rented apartment, so I can't do anything too major to it, > unfortunately. These steps may be sufficient. Angelo Campanella --------- www.CampanellaAcoustics.com --------- > Hello. I'm hoping someone can provide me with a bit of advice. I'm a > contemporary jeweller and have just moved into a new apartment which has > wooden floors - cheap imitation ones, but apparently problematic for the > people downstairs, nonetheless! To make matters worse, the room I'm using > as a workroom also has a huge mirrored built-in wardrobe, three windows and > currently no soft furnishings. Sparkles e-mail address indicates an Australian location. So a bit of local background to go with the problem New apartment ~ imitation wooden floors. This sounds like it could be thin wood laminate laid directly on top of concrete slab floor/ceiling. This recent trend has replaced carpet with underlay laid on top of concrete slab floor/ceiling. In apartments currently being built, the wood laminate would be over particleboard sheeting over an isolation layer over the concrete slab. Many apartments have fallen in between the era of carpeted floor and the era of the new building code covering floor/ceiling construction. "Footfall noise" could be a big problem downstairs, now compounded by "hammering". > I don't do much heavy making at all, but do a bit of hammering of silver > wire on a small steel block with a steel hammer. At the moment when I do > this I get quite a loud echo within the room, but the sound doesn't seem to > be too low in terms of pitch. Put that steel block on a cushion or block of 2" sponge rubber, and if the steel block is on a table, then put the table legs on two or three layers of carpet off-cuts cut to fit under the table legs, don't let the table touch the wall .... and take your shoes off at the door (socks or bare feet only on the imitation wooden floor). > Currently I get I'm planning to get a big rug for the floor and am also > making sure I keep the windows closed when I'm doing this work, but I'm [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Thanks for any help you can provide! Brian Sydney, Australia |
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