Is there a board that absorbs some of the noise that comes along with punching holes? I have a 5 month old and a 2 yr old. The only time I can work on it is when they sleep and since the air conditioners are finally out for the winter, there is nothing to muffle the noise.
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hello @Danielle Cancel, to avoid any noise during any form of hammering I cast a concrete block in a tub, epoxied the top and covered that with a 5mm rhino self healing cutting matt. the sheer mass of this ensures I can work any time of day and not bother anyone, it also helps with accuracy, as there is no wobble after being struck etc.. It is very hefty monster at 65kg though. However it works great, and easy enough to make as the resin isn't necessary, it just ensured a flat surface for the rhino matt.
attached is a photo that I shared on my instagram hence the writing on it
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I'm happy it worked! I've used some foam sheets underneath my workbench but nothing works better than the books.
Hi Danielle, You can put hard foam sheet insulation on the underside of your workbench. This helps a little. Skiving the edges of the leather pieces along with KS blade irons does make for less hammering.
Hi Danielle, I face the same problem because of my 4 month old. He's used to the skiving machine but he doesn't like my punching noises .. I usually put some books under my board. Paper helps with the noice. Also I've seen around hammers filled with sand which are supposed to make less noise (Crimson Hides sell one, but you can find them on Amazon too). A friend that uses one tells me that it helps a little.
Hi Danielle,
I made my neighbours hate me the first 6months I started leather working by hammering in my dining room until all hours of the night :-)
There are sound dampening mats that you can get to put under your work table to insulate the sound from going to the neighbours below, but i don't know of anything that's going to dampen the sound of the hammer within your own home.
I think what MC recommends is a good idea. The KS blades are so sharp you can often push them most of the way through or partly and then the rest using the awl.
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@Danielle Cancel I use a very sharp crimson hide pricking iron (they always come very sharp). I trace a guide line and then position it very firm, and just slightly push it in and goes all the way through without hammering and all that noise. That's my method of course there are consequences associated with that and that's no the right way, for example if you push to hard, then the holes get too big but to avoid that you can just mark the holes and then use an awl to go all the way through (haven't tried it).