[Jewelry making - Article 00625] - Re: [Orchid] Chasing tools and tree stump

[Trevor F]

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>     .... you could both spread out the weight a little and address the
>     hammering/noise concern by following a suggestion that I think was
>     posted here some while back-- make/find a shallow wooden or other
>     sturdy sand-tight box, put a couple of inches of sand in it, and
>     set your stump on that. 

    Not to be contrary but I've found that the sand trick helps but does
    not solve the shock absorption problem. Unfortunately the sand gets
    packed down and as it does so more and more of the force is
    transferred through it into the floor below. Of course there may
    still be enough of a deadening effect that it solves the problem in
    that person's particular case. 

    FWIW the hands-down best solution I've ever seen for this was a stump
    sitting on a 6 inch slab of concrete that in turn sat on a 10 inch
    layer of packing "popcorn" and the whole lot of it sat in a custom
    made barrel-like enclosure. The concrete provided wonderful solidity
    and stability for the stump. And the popcorn absorbed so much of the
    shock that you could put a glass of water on the edge of the
    enclosure and no matter how hard you hit the stump you'd barely get a
    ripple on the glass of water. I've never felt quite this industrious
    but it did allow the metal sculptor who built it work in an artist's
    studio building that had strict rules about such things.

Cheers, 
Trevor F. 
in The City of Light

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