Noise in the city

[John L]

I would like to get a trip hammer...but my garage is the only place for it. It is insulated but I 'm afraid the neighbors are going to protest the noise. What do the city folks do with the noise?

 

[ysforge]

Make something pretty, but small for the closest neighbors, if anyone else complains, it's not taken too seriously, at least around here.

Close the garage door, and wear hearing protection, it won't be all that loud outside.

If all else fails, throw rocks, this is my all time favorite, and most effective solution for most anything dealing with neighbors.

 

[Mark Williams]

Small tactical nukes, works every time. Just kidding.

All my neighbors get free sharpening and a couple have a knife or two. One neighbor is actually my knife destroyer/tester.

 

[jmwands]

My hammer is in parts right now, but if anyone can hear it over my dogs barking and the subsequent screams of "shut up!!!" from our house then I will know its too loud. :yawn:

jm

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

David Catoe has a deal with his neighbors.He runs his hammer one day a month,for about 6 hours.He lets his neighbors know ,in advance,when he is scheduling his hammer time - to avoid problems.It only affects his side neighbors,the others are too far away to be seriously bothered.
It is amazing how much anger can be avoided with talking to them before you start pounding.Most will want to come over and watch when they hear you pounding,if they know what you are making.

 

[Fred.Rowe]

A big power hammer has about the same sonic resonance as one of the big subwolfers hip hop and rap aficianados have jamed into there street machines.
I just tell the neighbors I'm jamin, when actually, I'm hammerin. No really, to me there is no sweeter sound than a hundred pounder hittin home. Get a life.
Fred

 

[indian george]

I use a press and have a Fisher Anvil that doesn't ring.

 

[Sweany]

just turn up the stereo play some heavy metal, dude....

 

[john warren]

shouldn't be hard to run it at appropriate times and inform your neighbors. just a polite thing to do. just have a chat and say , im going to be doing some work saterday afternoon and it will be a bit noisey, sure hope it doesn't bother you too much. let me know if its a bad time and i'll work something out. my guess is unless their buttheads, they can accomodate your work.

 

[john warren]

lol i juts recalled the guy next door to us when i grew up. he built v12 allison engines for unlimited hydroplanes. he would tell everyone around when he was going to test them so we wouldn't go nuts over it. wow do those things ever sound off threw open headers.