HAND TOOLS NOISE

[andycorleone]

Hi, are wooden mallet and European chisels less noisy than metal ones? I just starting using a japanesse metal hammer and jap chisels and find a litle disturbing the hammering or is just me and I will get use to it?

 

[dunbarhamlin]

Just put on Wagner's Das Rheingold and hammer in time to the Nibelungs' tuned anvils
Though I use western chisel and mallet, I doubt it's much different.
Steve

 

[lurker]

Andy,

Place your thumb on the chisel head and hit this with the hammer, it's sound deadening properties are excellent.

 

[bugbear]

Andy,

Place your thumb on the chisel head and hit this with the hammer, it's sound deadening properties are excellent.

Nah - that makes quite a lot of noise. Does with me, anyway ;-)

BugBear

 

[Anonymous]

Andy,

Place your thumb on the chisel head and hit this with the hammer, it's sound deadening properties are excellent.

Nah - that makes quite a lot of noise. Does with me, anyway ;-)

BugBear

Not to mention words I never knew I knew.

 

[Jeff Gorman]

Seriously, I have often wondered whether sharp percussive noises a few inches from the ear are really good for one's health.

Mind you, so far I'd hate having to wear ear muffs while carving or mortise chopping for example.

 

[newt]

As you get older you become quite chuffed if you can hear the mallet make contact with the chisel

 

[Paul Chapman]

:lol:

 

[TheTiddles]

Seriously, I have often wondered whether sharp percussive noises a few inches from the ear are really good for one's health.

Mind you, so far I'd hate having to wear ear muffs while carving or mortise chopping for example.

That kind of noise is no problem what so ever, what you need to be aware of is exposure time to any noise, very loud noise for a short period is fine, lower levels of noise are ok for longer but either for too long is bad, a bit like radiation.

Aidan

 

[Anonymous]

Seriously, I have often wondered whether sharp percussive noises a few inches from the ear are really good for one's health.

Mind you, so far I'd hate having to wear ear muffs while carving or mortise chopping for example.

That kind of noise is no problem what so ever, what you need to be aware of is exposure time to any noise, very loud noise for a short period is fine, lower levels of noise are ok for longer but either for too long is bad, a bit like radiation.

Aidan

So Led Zeppelin, full blast, hours on end.... not good then?

 

[TheTiddles]

It's one thing to have bad taste, but quite another to advertise it! :lol:

 

[big soft moose]

So Led Zeppelin, full blast, hours on end.... not good then?

only okay if you are wearing appropriate PPE

 

[dunbarhamlin]

Dammit. Now I'm going to have a black dog running around my head all day.

 

[lurker]

That kind of noise is no problem what so ever, what you need to be aware of is exposure time to any noise, very loud noise for a short period is fine, lower levels of noise are ok for longer but either for too long is bad, a bit like radiation. Aidan

Not true!!
you are forgetting Peak sound pressure.
However I doubt steel hammer on steel ( even at about 500mm from your ear) would be over the limits where its dangerous.

 

[Anonymous]

It's one thing to have bad taste, but quite another to advertise it! :lol:

How VERY dare you. :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

So Led Zeppelin, full blast, hours on end.... not good then?

only okay if you are wearing appropriate PPE

Well I do wear ear protectors sometimes, Sony I think they are. Will they do for PPE purposes?