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I have used the HVLP guns and airbrushes from harbor freight. They work great and are cheap enough to dispose of once used. The trick with sprayers is to have an ultrasonic tank for cleaning the tips or make sure you clean the gun before whatever you are painting dries. This usually means...
When doing research on doing pleated leather one of the instructables says to use pegboard. Each button that holds the leather down is actually pulled through a hole in the backer and tied/stapled in the rear. Since you now need a perfect layout of the holes the pegboard can save you doing...
I've seen MDF be used for speaker boxes. Why not use a furniture grade plywood? In all applications I have seen it used it was thick like 1/2".
For the felt are you going to use some special sound absorbing version or just regular felt from a fabric store?
All this discussion is giving me...
When I tilt my cab near the front of the truck above the radiator there is a huge flap door. It looks like it brings in fresh air.
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I noticed there is a vent that goes from the bottom of the cab directly above the engine. I think a lot of sound is bleeding through that vent hole and the open grate. Has anyone looked into damping that sound at all?
I totally agree about road noise and tires. I will look into other options.
From what others have said the dynamat will deaden thuds but won't do a great job of damping sound. Some people have recommended using acoustic foam to help absorb more of the noise.
Now that I have had a night sleep on it here are my ideas of areas/things that me be possible to reduce overall noise:
Engine:
- tune engine to reduce overall noise.
- wrap intake/exhaust pipes with exhaust wrap or aerogel cover
- acoustic cover over valve cover?
I know most passenger cars...
My wife and I took our first freeway drive in our new LMTV. It involved climbing into the local hills to our favorite burger joint at Alice's Restaurant.
If you are the only one driving the truck it's a bit bumpy and loud. When my wife is in the truck and we are trying to talk to talk with...
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