In this episode we talk about the location and size of our shops. I mention that my family complains more about me using my hand tools than power….yes, I know that is crazy. Of coarse pounding on a chisel can be rather loud. After this episode was posted to iTunes one of my good friends and a fellow Modern Woodworkers member Bill Akins sent me and e-mail with a solution to the noise problem. It was so funny I thought I would share this here. Bill “designed” a few hand planes with mufflers to help out with the noise……
You can read about Bill’s woodworking at: http://www.plainshavings.com/index.html