Cool tools
Jan. 4th, 2004 09:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
revchrisI've been doing a lot of woodworking lately (as those of you who got cutting boards for christmas know), and ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
teeka is forever after me to wear hearing protection. I frequent don't because while the reduce the noise level of tools, they also reduce the noise level of everything else, so I usually take them off when I'm not running a tool, and then don't always put them back on when I should.
I just bought new hearing protectors. Woodcraft Co. sells electronic hearing protectors that reduce ambient noise, but also include external microphones and amps so you can hear what's going on (the telephone, GMRS radio, regular FM radio/CD Player, etc.) while you're wearing them. They also will boost low level noise up to 42dB, so if you're not making noise, you can hear yourself breath, the cats running around upstairs, etc., but they only deliver a maximum 85dB to your ears, so you can't go deaf that way either. They've become one of those way-cool things that everyone who works in a noisy environment should have, at less than I've found them elsewhere (my usual industrial suppliers sell similar items for $200-500, whereas Woodcraft has them for $100).
teeka is forever after me to wear hearing protection. I frequent don't because while the reduce the noise level of tools, they also reduce the noise level of everything else, so I usually take them off when I'm not running a tool, and then don't always put them back on when I should.I just bought new hearing protectors. Woodcraft Co. sells electronic hearing protectors that reduce ambient noise, but also include external microphones and amps so you can hear what's going on (the telephone, GMRS radio, regular FM radio/CD Player, etc.) while you're wearing them. They also will boost low level noise up to 42dB, so if you're not making noise, you can hear yourself breath, the cats running around upstairs, etc., but they only deliver a maximum 85dB to your ears, so you can't go deaf that way either. They've become one of those way-cool things that everyone who works in a noisy environment should have, at less than I've found them elsewhere (my usual industrial suppliers sell similar items for $200-500, whereas Woodcraft has them for $100).
