How late do you use your lathe?

**Ozkaban** · 15th February 2010, 05:44 PM

I have no dramas with the lathe at any hour. it used to be situated outside my daughters bedroom window (then under 2 y.o.). I could turn during her daytime sleep without waking her up... As for the dusty, I'd find a way of turning without it on, such as putting up with the chips and saving sanding for the next day.

Cheers,
Dave

**TP1** · 15th February 2010, 05:45 PM

Personally I don't do anything noisy beyond around 8, except for a quick cut on the saw. It sounds like the issue with you and your neighbour is more about the proximity of the work and the ease in which teh noise gets into his place.

I would try a few things like trying to change the positioning of the dusty and whether closing teh shed door may help.

One thing that seems to be forgotten about dust extractors on this forum is that 1hp units are very quiet and wouldn't upset anyone. We don't really need Cyclone Tracy strength every time we do woodwork and perhaps a quiet dusty for quieter times may not be a bad idea.

**tea lady** · 15th February 2010, 06:15 PM

If you can hear him muttering he can prolly hear you quite well too?

**Wayne Blanch** · 15th February 2010, 06:15 PM

I've been known to use the lathe till the early hours, I often go till after 11pm but I don't use a dusty so the noise is minimal. My daughters bedroom is beside the shed and she hasn't complained since I got a new (quieter) lathe.

**Enfield Guy** · 15th February 2010, 07:09 PM

I keep my machine work to between the hours of 9 am and 3 pm. Never had a complaint from the neighbours and woudn't expect one. I do quiet work after and before those times. The lathe doesn't make much noise. If I want to work late I close the doors and keep the dusty off.

**Wood Borer** · 15th February 2010, 09:24 PM

I don't have a lathe but I use all my tools and machines at all hours whether it be at 4AM before I go to bed or at 4AM if I get up early. Even tune up my chainsaw at all hours - no problems at all.

SWMBO can't even hear any noise from the house but then that is 100m from the shed with an excellent sound barrier of trees and scrub in between.

Glad we made the move to the bush because stories like these bring back the nightmares living in the city.

**Sturdee** · 15th February 2010, 10:22 PM

Originally Posted by Wood Borer

Glad we made the move to the bush because stories like these bring back the nightmares living in the city.

The nightmare only arises if your shed is not adequately sited in relation to your neighbours and not soundproofed. I can have the DC, lathe and aircompressor running and my next door neighbour can't hear it because the workshop is soundproofed.

A bit of effort but worth it.

Peter.

**nz_carver** · 15th February 2010, 11:39 PM

Hey all we I play in man land till all hrs

Im in a complex I have 35 people aboue my work shop

most of them love my work

and one comes down at all hrs to see me as hes a nite walker like me

if you give people 1st dibs on bowls you sell thay let you away with it

if you help them out with a last min gift thay love you

it helps when some one like me is down in the shop at all hrs keeping a eye out
as have had a lot of car brake ins

**I_wanna_Shed** · 15th February 2010, 11:50 PM

Like someone has said, a 1HP dusty is pretty quiet. Once the shed door is rolled down, you can hardly hear it outside the shed, even in the still of the night.

**rodney** · 16th February 2010, 11:44 AM

Originally Posted by Sturdee

The nightmare only arises if your shed is not adequately sited in relation to your neighbours and not soundproofed. I can have the DC, lathe and aircompressor running and my next door neighbour can't hear it because the workshop is soundproofed.

A bit of effort but worth it.

Peter.

I am currently building a timber framed shed and am trying to figure out how to sound proof the building, so far will be insulating the walls with air-cell and batts (external walls are cedar cladding), still deciding on if to use a double layer of gyprock on the inside.

The guy at the ceiling suppliers recommends using a perforated metal strip product on the ceiling with insulation over this as I need to somehow stop the noise from going out of the ceiling space.

My neighbors are real close, we live on a small block that is 420 metres square, the shire approved the shed with a stack of conditions, the noise being one of them.

Cheers
Rodney

**rsser** · 16th February 2010, 11:49 AM

We need heat insulation obviously but I'm told that noise insulation products are diff

**NeilS** · 16th February 2010, 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by rodney

....still deciding on if to use a double layer of gyprock on the inside.

The guy at the ceiling suppliers recommends using a perforated metal strip product on the ceiling with insulation over this as I need to somehow stop the noise from going out of the ceiling space.

Planning to use both on my new workshop, Rodney. So will be interested to hear how they go if you proceed with either.

Do you have a decibel metre to measure the before and after levels? Could lend you mine for the before and after readings if that would help, but reckon you probably need your own if you are likely to be doing battle with the Local Gov inspector.

Also thinking of using the green glue between the two sheets of plasterboard.

I'm 80m from nearest neighbour, but don't want to spoil the peace and quiet of the valley.

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**NeilS** · 16th February 2010, 03:47 PM

Originally Posted by rsser

We need heat insulation obviously but I'm told that noise insulation products are diff

Yes, Ern.

You select for the desired acoustic rating (STC) and then top up from there with thermal insulation if necessary to get the necessary thermal (R) rating. e.g.:

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**Lumber Bunker** · 16th February 2010, 04:22 PM

go till 8 and give them a few bowls and odds and ends now and then and you'll be fine... unless they really have nothing to do then nothing will stop them complaining.
Wait till you fire up the thicknesser! even at lunch time, that's not nice.

In the past i have found that transparency and communication and honesty are the winning combination. Invite them in, a beer and chat. after that, if they start knocking and running there is little you can do... they have rocks in their heads.

**idahohay** · 19th February 2010, 12:35 AM

I am a woodturner in a resort town in the US. The area is considered rural and properties are an acre or larger. I have a neighbor that works on jet skis, and four wheelers at night when I am trying to sleep. sometimes he works all night long. I only wish my lathe and dust collector were louder and have considered putting a microphone near my lathe and pointing a couple of Marshall stacks in his direction. At least I try to do my chain saw work and run my sawmill at 10am when I figure he is doing his deepest sleep.

How many of you like to have a few drinks, then do some turning. I kind of like that sort of thing but know others that won't go near a lathe after having a few.

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