Thread: I would like to bild a sound box for compressor

Do you have a baloney? If so put the compressor outside and run hose inside to where you are working. There are pros and cons with this but if the air outside is not to humid it may be helpful.

Noise is vibration, either transmitted through the air or through solid material .. i.e. floor to ceiling below. Anything you can do to isolate the compressor from the floor will cut down on the transmission to the apartment down stairs. Anything you can do to block sound transmission through the air will cut down on the noise in your apartment.
Boxing in a compressor will cut down on the noise in your apartment and if you insulate the compressor and box with some egg crate sandwiched between some carpet you will quiet down the vibration to the ceiling below.

With the box come the problems of heat. Now we cut a hole in the box to let air in and another one for a fan and the noise level is almost as it was before we started in the room with the compressor!

So if you can isolate the compressor from the floor with something that absorbs the vibration that will help down stairs. If you can put the compressor in a room away from where you work and run hose, you can take the ear plugs out and not worry about over heating. Isolate from floor and put it outside and live gets good.
Probably not much help to you but I keep my compressor in the garage 75' from the house and have hose running up to and into the house.. never hear that compressor ...

Originally Posted by nova23

hay, thanks that does help when you run it from the garage do you run another regulator at your station?the box idea came from a old airbrush action and it had a part about home studios and I think it was kent the t-shirt guy how was saying that this was one way I was hoping some one had some specs,I do have a porch I live in Minnesota it does get humid do all brands carry long air house or did you go to home depo I thought about getting a pancake compressor I need some thing that I can do t-shirts and skate boards and what ever I can get my hands on thanks for the help

Yes, I have a regulator where I work. Hose is standard 3/8 Goodyear rubber air hose that runs up the driveway. My installation is permanent, so the hose attached to piping that goes through the window header in the basement and in the ceiling to the work areas.
A larger contractors compressor with a tank would be fine. The pancake jobs are LOUD but a bigger oil lubed unit are big and more expensive. So it is all a matter of money, preference and room.
Attached are pics from the basement redo last year that shows the piping at the sink and over where the work table goes before the ceiling was installed.