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Jul 16th, 2016 at 5:11pm
 
Most safety discussion have turners talking about dust protection and face protection.
How many of you regularly use/wear hearing protection while working with power tools?
It seems to be a less talked about subject.
I wear hearing protection when using just about any of my power tools. I use a pair similar to Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to Login or Register
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Re: Hearing Protection
Reply #1 - Jul 16th, 2016 at 7:01pm
 
I wear hearing protection outdoors when mowing the lawn, using a chain saw, or using a leaf blower.  I generally  use protection in the shop when using the table saw.  I usually don't use hearing protection when turning - because that's not nearly as noisy, and because I need to listen for odd noises that indicate that the piece is about to fly off the lathe.
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Reply #2 - Jul 16th, 2016 at 7:32pm
 
I have a hearing problem and I wear hearing aids; if I use anything other than the lathe -dust collector, power sander- I turn my aids off use a similar set of earmuffs. If I just run the vacuum to pick up chips or the band saw, I don’t wear the muffs, but I do turn the aids off. 

Outdoors with the lawnmower, chainsaw, or leaf blower, I turn the aids off use earmuffs.

The aids off are essentially plugs, but not enough to completely block noise. 

I don't use anything to cover my ears and I leave aids on if I'm just turning or sharpening.

I also shoot a bit and I have a custom set of ear plugs that blocks noise that I wear when I shoot.
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Reply #3 - Jul 16th, 2016 at 7:40pm
 
When using the table saw, jointer, planer (all of which are also using the dust collector), the miter saw, circular saw, chain saw (outside) I'm wearing a pair of Stihl ear muffs because they were easy to find locally and I had confidence they work.
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Reply #4 - Jul 16th, 2016 at 9:35pm
 
I do wear hearing protection when I turn and it's not because of the lathe, but because the suction from my dust collector hose is so noisy.

I don't want to look back ten years from now and have to say to myself I wish I had taken better care of my hearing.

These muffs have turned out to be a very good investment for me.

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Reply #5 - Jul 17th, 2016 at 8:04am
 
I'm still using my old Trition that has built in hearing protection.
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Reply #6 - Jul 17th, 2016 at 10:18am
 
Steve Arnold wrote on Jul 16th, 2016 at 9:35pm:
I don't want to look back ten years from now and have to say to myself I wish I had taken better care of my hearing.


As someone with a hearing problem I would recommend that course of action. I think I lost part of my hearing when I was in the Army. I was in a mortar squad and our hearing protection was the tips of our index fingers.  I think the military now protects I members from future hearing loss. 

After I was out of the Army I did nothing to protect my hearing because I didn’t think about it and I was unaware of the potential for hearing loss. Now I do what I can to protect what I have left.

Hearing loss can be expensive. I think I have spent in the neighborhood of $15K on aids and devices since I realized I had a loss and actually did something about it.

But, it isn’t all bad. I have a program that kills all input and basically turns the aids into plugs. I often eat lunch alone and if I’m sitting near a loud crowd or some obnoxious cell phone yacker I can select that program and sit in peace.

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Reply #7 - Jul 17th, 2016 at 7:04pm
 
While in the Navy I spent a couple thousand hours riding in a helicopter underneath 2 jet engines and the main transmission. We did ware helmets with pretty good earphones and mike so we could communicate with other members of the flight crew and listen to external radio traffic. The earphones were pretty good at muffling the outside noise and, on top if all, I was required to operate some airborne sonar equipment from time to time.

The residual from all this is that I have a high pitch buzzing in my ears. I got tested for hearing loss and was told that the buzzing and whatever hearing loss that I do have is due to age and is not something that needs correction.

I do not wear hearing protection in the shop or outside because most of the time I do not consider the noise from my electric leaf suxxer or chain saw to be too loud - I have a battery powered lawn mower and trimmer.

I do have a pair of noise cancelling ear protectors that I use when target shooting - maybe I should start using those when using the leaf suxxer (don't like leaf blowers) and chain saw.
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Reply #9 - Jul 18th, 2016 at 8:21am
 
"If you need to raise your voice to be heard an arm's length away, the noise is probably loud enough to damage your hearing."   

I've been in some restaurants and bars where you need to shout to be heard by somebody sitting next to you.

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Reply #10 - Jul 18th, 2016 at 9:18am
 
Bob - that sure sounds like a good time to have a set of noise cancelling ear phones on.
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Reply #11 - Jul 19th, 2016 at 8:13am
 
Dave Gill wrote on Jul 18th, 2016 at 9:18am:
Bob - that sure sounds like a good time to have a set of noise cancelling ear phones on.



It would be especially good if they could make them small enough that my wife wouldn't notice I was wearing them... Wink
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Re: Hearing Protection
Reply #12 - Jul 19th, 2016 at 10:16am
 
I wear hearing protection (headphone type) whenever I am using the dust collector, any powered tool ( drill motor, etc.) and sometimes I forget they are on so it may carry over into other areas...  however for normal work (roughing, coring, hollow form work, etc.) I usually don't wear hearing protection.  I do, however, usually listen to music using ear buds when doing non-powered work.  Thumbs Up
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Reply #13 - Jul 21st, 2016 at 10:09am
 
I have some high-end loss from my time on the flightline (jet turbines are kinda notorious for causing some losses) so i've always been aware of the noise levels in my shop.

As small as my shop is, and walls of cinderblock, if i run the dust collector at all, I need some sort of hearing protection.  Typically, i wear a headset with a radio built into it.  that way, i can block out the drone of the blower and other machinery, and hear my favorite tunes clearly.  The set I have, has a socket to plug in an mp3 player, and routing the cord down inside my turning jacket keeps it from being a snag hazard.  They weren't even all that expensive....

biggest hassle i have with them is they don't quite fit easily under my faceshield, so they have to kinda "cram" under to be properly in place.  it's more of an annoyance than an outright problem....
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Reply #14 - Jul 21st, 2016 at 10:45am
 
I'm sure i have  hearing loss from the many, many concerts I attended in my youth!!

When you manage to get close enough to the stage of a Rolling Stones concert that you can see the speaker cones vibrate, odds are that you have hearing loss!!

I remember a concert: J Giles, King Crimson and Humble Pie... at the time the 3 loudest bands out there all at the Spectrum in Philadelphia which in itself had the worst acoustics of any place.

They tell me i had a great time... I don't remember! Shocked Shocked Thumbs Up

I use ear protection when i'm using my chop saw & dust collector at the frame shop and at my shop at home when I have the shop vac on to collect the sanding dust at the lathe.

No sense losing what's left! Thumbs Up

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