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Found a cheap way to keep my anvil quiet in a garage shop
My neighbor in the apartment next door was getting really mad about the noise, even with the door shut. I tried putting old carpet under it, but that just made it wobble. Then I saw a video from a smith in Austin who used a thick rubber mat cut from a horse stall pad. I got one for about 30 bucks at the farm supply store, cut it to fit the base, and the difference is huge. Has anyone else found a good fix for this without building a whole separate stand?
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murray.drew3d ago
Totally get it, that horse stall mat trick is a game changer. I was in the same boat with my landlord complaining. I ended up using a couple of those super dense rubber gym floor tiles under mine, the kind they use for weight rooms. It doesn't kill all the ring but it cuts the vibration through the floor by a ton. Makes it way more bearable for everyone else.
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the_elizabeth2d ago
Saw a forum post where a guy filled a wooden box with sand and set his anvil right in it. He swore it deadened the sound better than anything else he tried. The whole mass just soaks up the hit. Never tried it myself but the logic seems solid. Those rubber mats are good for stopping floor shake, but a sandbox might actually kill the ring.
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