dado_maker wrote:
Ok before the nieghbors get together and convene a special meeting of
the HOA and push some iminant domain thing, I am in the process of
quieting down some of my tools in the garage, from insulating the walls
and dry walling to creating a vibration separation of rubber between
plywood on which the planer (Delta 22-780X X5 15") sits on roller
frame.

While the rubber/plywood has removed any vibration I used to feel
comming up my legs from the concrete floor, the sound is still loud once
the vacuum is turned on. When running the planer without the vacuum,
its fairly quiet, but once the vacuum is turned on and pulling wind
across those blades the planer can be heard a short distance from the
garage -not good.

My next move is to limit the amount of vacuum force by opeing another
port on the vacuum line. But other than that Im out of ideas and was
hoping someone out here would have better ideas.

Thanks,
Martin

I put weather stripping around the garage door. 2 benefits: greatly
reduced noise from my power tools and keeps out wind blown rain. I can
turn on the DC and planer and can barely hear a thing when standing
outside the garage. If it's hot, I have to open things up, so I'm
thinking of installing a wall unit A/C.

My nearest neighbor's house is 12' away and she has never complained
about the noise (and she is a b*tch, so I KNOW she'd complain if it was
an issue!).

Dave