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I may have but if so it was so long ago that I do not remember. I have had a sound level meter ever since I worked for United Technologies as a test technician. That was my first job after the Air Force. I worked on a team that installed the communication system at the Epcot Center.

For all you iPhone users there is a decibel meter app. Seems to work fairly well. Would be interesting to know how accurate it is. As far as the dust collector and noise in the shop ear protection is just a mandatory item. Most of the tools we use exceed the acceptable level of noise. One thing you can do is put the collector outside if possible. This also aids in keeping more of the fine particulate out of the shop. Installing a drier vent thru wall fitting works pretty well. On the ear protection subject I use a pair of Bose noise canceling earbuds which are a bit pricey but work amazingly well. I keep them plugged into my iPhone and can listen to music while I am working. They are small so they don't interfere with faceshields etc.
Paul

masonsailor2 wrote:On the ear protection subject I use a pair of Bose noise canceling earbuds which are a bit pricey but work amazingly well. I keep them plugged into my iPhone and can listen to music while I am working. They are small so they don't interfere with faceshields etc.
Paul

Sorry, but I can knot see ADDING sound to ear protection.

charlese wrote:Did someone get a decibel meter for his birthday?

If you have a smart phone there is a free app. And it was interesting to see the number assigned to the bandsaw, either that was my number from another post or "we" agree on that value when using a wide blade anyway.

Ed

beeg wrote:

masonsailor2 wrote:On the ear protection subject I use a pair of Bose noise canceling earbuds which are a bit pricey but work amazingly well. I keep them plugged into my iPhone and can listen to music while I am working. They are small so they don't interfere with faceshields etc.
Paul

Sorry, but I can knot see ADDING sound to ear protection.

I would add not covering up machine noise that alerts us to a problem.

The ear buds from Bose make the sound level quiet but not silent. You can still hear the machinery, its just not loud.
Paul

reible wrote: If you have a smart phone there is a free app. And it was interesting to see the number assigned to the bandsaw, either that was my number from another post or "we" agree on that value when using a wide blade anyway.

Ed

Thanks Ed! Didn't know that

dusty wrote:I may have but if so it was so long ago that I do not remember. I have had a sound level meter ever since I worked for United Technologies as a test technician. That was my first job after the Air Force. I worked on a team that installed the communication system at the Epcot Center.

Dusty, we worked together without knowing it at Epcot... I was project manager for installation of rides ... Humaneering by Disney... Around 1982 or so... Good ol days, huh?

I was working on my first job after retirement from the AF. I was, at that time, an engineering technician. I was working for United Technologies Building Systems. We installed the sound systems, elevators and escalators and the telephone communications systems. It was a fun job. It would not have been as much fun if I had been higher up in the food chain. We were working with a deadline that was almost impossible to meet. We almost succeeded.

I wish that my job had been limited to on-site activity. I spent most of my time back here in Tucson trying to prove to the engineering staff that our onsite issues could be solved only in manufacturing. This installation task involved our first attempt at voice over data and we had not worked out all the bugs in the design. Acoustics in the telephone handset gave us all nightmares.

I'm in process of building a shopvac noise cabinet, which without adding any sound absorption has dropped 10db. I don't know if iPhone app is accurate but normal voice around 67, shopvac without cabinet 88, and in cabinet as is, 78. It's pretty rough but functional. May be too much of a space hog though.