This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment The type that don't use oil and have no visible belt between the piston = cylinder and motor are the NOISIEST things on this planet. I have one = and it is LOUD. I keep hoping it will burn up so I can justify buying a = quiet one (with the fan belt). Terry Farrell I'd be very interested in hearing which brands are the quietest. = While I could build a cabinet, I'd prefer not to and use the space. =20 David Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net=20 -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On = Behalf Of John Fortiner Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 10:21 AM To: 'Tom Driscoll'; 'Pianotech' Subject: RE: compressors=3Dnoise That compressor can be made even quieter by lining the inside of that = "nook" with beadboard insulation. fwiw Oil lubed compressors are normally quieter than "oil-less" = compressors - and normally last longer as well. The noisiest part of a compressor is normally the valves that are = constantly opening and shutting during operation. My compressor has = LARGE mufflers on the INTAKES so that this noise is quite low. I used = to have a 2 HP Craftsman compressor on a 13 gallon tank. My current = compressor is a 5HP on a 60 gallon tank and makes nothing even close to = the amount of noise that the old one made. No hearing protection needed = when around it. Of course, the slower the compressor turns, within reason, the quieter = the operation will be. John R. Fortiner Billings, MT. -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- From: Tom Driscoll [mailto:tomtuner@comcast.net]=20 Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 1:51 PM To: Pianotech Subject: compressors=3Dnoise Subject: Compressors =3D Noise David Love asked: " Does anyone build cabinet for these things in = which you can keep them a bit quieter and then have a hose running out to hook = up your various pneumatic tools?" =20 David, I have a small "Pancake " compressor, that is just enough to push a = nail gun or blow out an action. my next one will be bigger-quieter (this thing is LOUD!) . I had a nook in my shop between storage areas and built a hide-a = way with a door for this little banshee. I'm not running for the hearing protection anymore. Tom Driscoll =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/80/a1/ec/71/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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