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[quote quote=313948] Any thoughts on how to keep the noise level reasonable? [/quote]
Sharp tools, good clamping to a object with high mass, and sell anything that runs on power. And look into how sounds travel in the kind of building your working in.
I’ve put my workbench on dense rubber foam pads. It’s probably not an ideal solution, but it did miracles to dampen sound projecting into the floor. With some added weight to the bench, its not horrible to work at.
Tapestry on the walls helped too, that reduced the echo in the room; shorter noise is less annoying than long ones.Thanks all for the wonderful suggestions!
I managed to get the Wife Acceptance Factor out of crisis levels by shrinking it with a vacuum cleaner. Kinda amazing how effective that is; two bags, a shopvac, and you can shrink it to less than 1/4 of original size.
Most of it went to some kid with a rabbit, but he’s probably good for years now. Some went to a guy trying to burn pottery using pre pottery oven techniques.
I did manage to reduce the amount of shavings I make, by changing where I buy wood. Slightly less dirt cheap, but much better quality.
Thanks for the replies!
Acetone didnt put a dent in it. Whitespirit the same. Some odd-branded paint thinner also didnt work. I probably should been more patient; I only gave it ten minutes in each before trying to get the stuff off.
Steel wool has never been something I’ve needed, I usually manage just fine with synthetic coarse/fine scrubbing pads. Those did not do much on this paint tho.In the end I tried @hugonotti ‘s advice.
1500 grit sandpaper worked to remove most of it. – Theres a small spot left, about 1 cm from the edge. It’s flat at least.
I did realize why Paul pushes his chisels down with the very tip of his fingers, when he’s flattening the back, so I’ll leave this chisel be for a few days. ..at least until I got some skin back on my fingertips.My old mechanic teacher adviced us to use laquer for finger nails to lock bolts and/or nuts. Its dirt cheap, holds relatively well on most stuff, and comes off without too much trouble (acetone/nail laquer remover).
It’s less strong than lock fluids though, and likely to ruin paint/finishes.If its a relatively new plane, I would ask the seller if he could fix it or replace it. Restoring old tools gives me a good feeling, but repairing new stuff with production faults just don’t get me there.
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