any melanated fellers here who do hobby machining in an apartment?ever get noise complaints? tips on minimizing noise through walls?
>>2794557Not I but machining isn't normally very loud. I've a lathe and a Bridgeport round ram fossil in my shipping container shop and it's not loud there or in my bros shop. Were they inside my house I'd not be bothered as they're neither very low nor high frequency.I suggest playing music etc at a modest level so as not to arouse crazies. You can dampen mills and small lathes easily for example by placing horse stall matting beneath or using any of many (see machining fora) vibration damping mounts between base and floor. You can and I do fab mobile mounts for all my tools and for an apartment I would use scaffolding casters mounted to steel angle and flat bar dollies of your preference. My mill and lathe dollies are outriggers which bolt to bases I fabbed since when I did those I used industrial bolt-on casters. Had I known the glories of scaffold casters I'd have used them instead as they slide into simple sections of tubing. My industrial air compressors and various other items are fitted to take these and if you double the mounts you can use scaffold jacks etc to level your equipment.https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003JDZO2Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1I gotta sleep but if this thread is up tomorrow I'll brain dump my various solutions which suit apartment and other conventional indoor wrenching and machining because it's a specific interest of mine. I make everything mobile because my back is destroyed and I want to have fun for my remaining crippled years.
>>2794557I ran a 3d printing farm in an apartment. What I did was cut out the bottom of a large Amazon box and just made it look like I had several large packages on a wire shelf when walking by the apartment or when people came inside I had a large plastic tote, the ones with a yellow and black coloring to hide a fila-dryer and the filament rolls drilled holes to sneak filament from the bin under the Amazon boxes Printers were prusa mk3s+ so direct drive and no ptfe tubes to worry about… I broke up with that girl awhile ago though
>>2794574Slick camo method^!Attractive curtains with blackout curtains behind them are another option and office partitions with the outboard side decorated with comfy shit could conceal machinery. Large cardboard boxes can be had from chain stores for the asking (I use them to lie on when wrenching outdoors and on concrete slabs)to conceal items on their way inside the apartment. I used horse stall mats to protect my home tile floors from my weight set (they are now removable outdoor pavers covering my water and power run to my garage) and if you place them atop a stout tarp can protect the floor from dropped metal, tools and drippings. Keeping your security deposit will likely require the most effort. My in-house tools live in surplus Lionville medication carts which are insanely expensive new but cheap used like much medical equipment surplus and are build superbly with display arms, space for battery backup and space for SFF PCs plus plenty of useful sized drawers which would be great for tooling. Unlike steel tool boxes hospital equipment is QUIET in use, has smooth plastic exterior surfaces kinder to woodwork and has non-marring casters. Of course it's easy to clean. They suit machine shop measuring tools and bits etc nicely and the drawers are in removable caddies so nothing can stick a drawer shut. I have three and want more. Hoyer lifts are cheap used. I use them for motorcycle engines but they're fine indoors having non-marring casters, fit thru standard doorways, and the legs are adjustable width for stability. They're fine for lifting electric motors and heavy mill vises. I like industrial plastic carts which don't snag like sheet metal carts, weigh little and work well indoors and don't mar floors. Their sides keep items from rolling off and organize what's on top (for me that's carb parts, motorbike engine parts etc).I would avoid noisy grinding where practical or do it outdoors.
Welding, grinding, sawing etc are messy and best done outdoors. If OP owns a van or box truck or trailer nasty shit can live in there to help fab and mod shop equipment. used U-boat dolly carts as used for frozen food are light, strong and narrow. I remove the center non-pivoting axle bolts so I can push mine in any direction inside my shop.Everyone needs at least one Rigid or similar tristand. I mount a bench vise to some plate welded to a couple feet of 2" tubing then clamp that in the tristand chain vise so I can rotate my bench vise 360 degrees. Tristands are highly stable and fold for easy storage, making them ideal for indoor vise support and for outdoor use when fabbing. They're best bought used.Chip cleanup is THE major hassle when machining. I haven't had to figure out how to silence a shop vac but bounce house fans are quiet (I use them for forced air around my shops) and move plenty of air. I would experiment with one. A large rolling plastic trash can with lid could store chips and light scrap indoors and be easily wheeled out to your vehicle for dump trips. Alternate options could be plastic trash bags in thicc cardboard boxes to discreetly dispose of chips. They're sharp and a major hassle if they get into carpet or upholstery. I would have some stout fucking magnets and whatever else you can invent to clean up.I'd use water-based coolant and not much of that. If you have a steel work table it should ideally have a stainless tray to keep shit off the floor. I scored two custom trays from a bro but stainless restaurant equipment has all sorts of slick trays and tubs. I collect steam table tubs for general shop use.Degreasing can be done with safe cleaners like simple green, pine-sol (I use undiluted for cleaning carbs which I soak in stainless tubs, covered because it's fragrand) etc. Your shower can be safely used for degreasing as can your tub without leaving residue. Plastic carts are safe inside bathrooms and won't bust tile or formica.
>>2794557The Jew fears the Apartment Machinist
>>2794557Well you can get sound absorbing material to put on the ceiling and wall. That can reduce the sound. Just make sure your operating the machine in the standard operating hours for your area. Usually 9am to 7pm.
Im getting a small carvera air desktop CNC. It is enclosed but I will probably try to either get it on a platform with anti vibration pads, or I will try and build a whole box enclosure with some foam padding or something.Hopefully my apartment neighbors wont kill me
>>2794557i thought about being this dangerously strange and unapproachable but instead i decided to be so further outside of the city center in a cheaper rented houseit has allowed me to get actual full-sized machine tools (2300 lbs mill and 1100 lbs lathe, 750 lbs bandsaw, 400 lbs drill press) and just absolutely stuff the garage with them, and make it nearly impossible to walk in therei am still strange and unapproachable but now i can be serious about it
>>2794557>>2794562Correct, machining isnt loud. Cutting with a bandsaw is and so is grinding. Its ok if you only make a few cuts a day.
>>2794557BTW, you can soundproof a room to do all your noise but it will be heavy, so it has to be done at a street level. Its not a science, get some foam as thick as a mattress and cover your walls and ceiling. Just beware because flammable.
>>2794557Just use the machine at 3 am and only for 30 seconds at a time. When neighbors ask say you dont hear anything.
>>2794557I think you guys who are saying it's quiet are using bigger machines. my Chinese 7x14 screams like a fucking banshee on anything more than aluminum.
>>2797831an easy way to cut down on vibrations too is to mount it to something heavy. if you go to a countertop place, they usually sell smaller off cuts for cheap. they work great for desktop stuff like this
>>2798292Machining is loud I would just machine at night and play porn, people would just assume you’re jack hammering some chick super hard
>>2794574Why would you have to hide your 3d printers in your own apartment??
>>2800050I had a fuck ton of prusas just mass producing parts it would have had to been zoned commercial
>>2794557a dead neigbour wont hear shit to complain aboutlearn makin coffins
>>2799609I thought I was just hearing The Hum all summer. Fuck.
>>2794557In a vague and minor sense yes because I have a 3d printer and power tools, but there's enough construction and renovation that any noise complaint wouldn't be isolated to myself.Your equipment will be transmitting most of its noise through the floor anyway, so ways to decouple it, create additional dead space or add more acoustic mass would be ideal.I would suggest just keeping it to reasonable hours, durations and days.
>>2799866Arent you that fat retard
