Anyone have any advice for decreasing the noise from hammering when making holes using pricking irons? I work on a flat wooden desktop and I usually pad some flat scrap leather below. I live in an apt and I worry about the noise. This is especially a problem when I'm making holes for thicker pieces that requires 6-10 hits.
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My current setup is a piece of non-slip cupboard/drawer foam on the work bench, then on top of that a 1 1/4" granite block, on top of that the clear rubber Japanese punching board. It's very quiet. If I want it to be even more quiet, I use a dead blow hammer instead of my Barry King maul.
Hey :)
This is my personnal setup, and I can punch with my kid asleep in the next room:
I got a dense foam board glued to my granite slab and I use a Noise reducting board under my leather. The foam I glued under my leather I got from a hardware store and was sold to me as a "vibration reduction dense foam board" that is usually installed under mid weight machinery to reduce the vibration transmition to the ground (Think mid weight engine with a heavy motor).
As a bonus, if the leather I am piercing is around 2mm thick or less, I can also use a Soft Tip Rubber Mallet (The kind that is used when installing tiles), It also brings down the noise about halfway down from using the above setup with my regular nylon hammer.
As a bonus, you can use two granite slabs, each with its noise board glued, on top of each other to reduce the noise further; but this will only reduce by about 10 to 20 percent
Try using pillow of a similar dimension to your stone and place underneath, or place the stone on your lap.
Anyone else found any good ways of reducing the sound?