Comments on: Isolation Hangers http://toolmonger.com/2008/09/03/isolation-hangers/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:30:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Frank Townend http://toolmonger.com/2008/09/03/isolation-hangers/#comment-517425 Frank Townend Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:00:00 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=12043#comment-517425 Of course I didn't see Shopmongers post before going to the auto parts store, or before posting my message.... :( Of course I didn’t see Shopmongers post before going to the auto parts store, or before posting my message…. :(

]]> By: Frank Townend http://toolmonger.com/2008/09/03/isolation-hangers/#comment-517421 Frank Townend Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:58:25 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=12043#comment-517421 I'm back. These are an OK deal, and if available locally, I might have used them. I went instead to the local auto parts store and picked up four rubber muffler hanger insulators for around $3 a piece. http://img.alibaba.com/photo/11020813/Rubber_Hanger_For_Muffler.jpg Added to a carabiner clipped to the eye-bolt on the ventilator, I was all set. I’m back. These are an OK deal, and if available locally, I might have used them. I went instead to the local auto parts store and picked up four rubber muffler hanger insulators for around $3 a piece.

http://img.alibaba.com/photo/11020813/Rubber_Hanger_For_Muffler.jpg

Added to a carabiner clipped to the eye-bolt on the ventilator, I was all set.

]]> By: Shopmonger http://toolmonger.com/2008/09/03/isolation-hangers/#comment-510933 Shopmonger Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:08:18 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=12043#comment-510933 How about being simple... and of course cheap... Go get some body isolators from a car...... or use some exhaust hangers...... any auto supply store How about being simple… and of course cheap…

Go get some body isolators from a car……

or use some exhaust hangers……

any auto supply store

]]> By: Iguana's Paradise http://toolmonger.com/2008/09/03/isolation-hangers/#comment-504608 Iguana's Paradise Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:14:55 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=12043#comment-504608 How exactly can SPRINGS isolate for noise? spring steel conducts noise better than most things: it'll soak up vibration, and maybe give it a new resonant frequency, but.. ..elastomers would offer better damping, by far. How exactly can SPRINGS isolate for noise?

spring steel conducts noise better than most things: it’ll soak up vibration, and maybe give it a new resonant frequency, but..

..elastomers would offer better damping, by far.

]]> By: Kevin http://toolmonger.com/2008/09/03/isolation-hangers/#comment-503074 Kevin Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:08:22 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=12043#comment-503074 The magic of "isolation hangers" is in the compression spring isolating the suspended load from the suspension point. So along with eyebolts and chain link, you'd also need the compression springs, spring clips, and engineering to replicate their weird variation on a universal joint. For hanging tens to hundreds of pounds of vibration-generating gear above my head, I'd go with the commercial product. The magic of “isolation hangers” is in the compression spring isolating the suspended load from the suspension point.

So along with eyebolts and chain link, you’d also need the compression springs, spring clips, and engineering to replicate their weird variation on a universal joint.

For hanging tens to hundreds of pounds of vibration-generating gear above my head, I’d go with the commercial product.

]]> By: Vody http://toolmonger.com/2008/09/03/isolation-hangers/#comment-502557 Vody Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:37:35 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=12043#comment-502557 Ummm, this may be a stupid question, but couldn't you just use eyebolts connected to the ceiling joists, several links of heavy-duty chain, and some spring clips? Ummm, this may be a stupid question, but couldn’t you just use eyebolts connected to the ceiling joists, several links of heavy-duty chain, and some spring clips?

]]> By: Frank Townend http://toolmonger.com/2008/09/03/isolation-hangers/#comment-502251 Frank Townend Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:12:42 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=12043#comment-502251 Wow! I just purchased a Jet Air Filtration System and was wondering where I would purchase dampers for a ceiling mount. Talk about perfect timing. The Jet is around 60lbs, so I'll call the KNC Home Shop at 1-877-807-1525 for sizing. Wow! I just purchased a Jet Air Filtration System and was wondering where I would purchase dampers for a ceiling mount. Talk about perfect timing. The Jet is around 60lbs, so I’ll call the KNC Home Shop at 1-877-807-1525 for sizing.

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