Thread: Quietening the thicknesser

A spiral cutterhead blade will reduce noise. I don't have any personal experience with one on my Ryobi 13" thicknesser though.

Plenty on here could tell you the noise difference.

Nathan.

I think there is a spiral head for that machine which might help a bit with the actual cutting noise level, but from my experience with the little Ryobi machine the screaming motor will still be enough to wake the dead.....

Thankfully (as you know Nathan...) I can make as much noise as I like here without upsetting anyone. The cows don't seem to mind the noise from my JPT-310 !!

I sat my tablesaw on some old carpet once and noise went down by 7db, might be worth a try.

I would really love a spiral cutter from my unit, but the quote came it at about 2K for my machine


joez

Second Joez comment about carpet.

It works both as a sound absorber and as an insulator. Either grab some discarded carpet from the kerb or buy a couple of tiles of 'utility' carpet from the local big box hardware store - look for short pile as it is easier to clean the sawdust off. One piece goes underneath which stops the vibration spreading to the stand & more can be cut to make a loose fitting cover - either lining a plywood or mdf box (thicker & heavier the better) or just held together with cable ties so it can be folded up.

Make sure there is plenty of ventilation because you don't want to cook the motor.

Have you actually done this or is this just speculation ?
If done, did you measure The sound level and what sort of result did you get ?

Originally Posted by Arron

Have you actually done this or is this just speculation ?
If done, did you measure The sound level and what sort of result did you get ?

I measured the drop with a sound meter I had borrowed, it was a basic one from Dick Smith, bought from Ebay I think.

Oops,sorry, that question was really intended for bsrlee, or anyone else who has actually done it with a thicknesser. I'm thinking they will be really hard to quieten because you cant enclose much of them because you still need most of the front and back open.

Btw, I've found the easiest way to get a workable measure of noise is to download a sound meter type ap for the ipad (and so i presume for the iphone). Probably not accurate enough for an engineer but good enough for this purpose.

Cheers
Arron

Handplanes are quiet



Cheers,
Paul