Pneumatic Chamfer tool that isn't insanely loud?

[danielbuck]

I've got one of these chamfer tools (I think this exact one, but not sure), I really like the results it produces, but it is extremely loud and high pitched, I don't use it much anymore purely because it's so stupid loud (it also makes the dogs in the neighborhood go nuts). I use a lot of air tools, and this one is by far the loudest. I can wrap a cloth around the rotating exhaust port, and that helps, but I'm just tired of dealing with it.

Anyone know of a similar tool that isn't so loud? Or one that has a threaded exhaust port that a muffler can be fitted to?

Amazon.com

 

[mike93lx]

I think there is probably enough noise from the cutting that you are stuck with a loud tool

 

[Jswain]

Chamfer bit on a small trim router? High rpm and small bearings is prob gonna be noisy

 

[darkzero]

When these started popping up all over, I was intrigued & ordered one from Aliexpress (was much cheaper than Amazon & ebay at the time). Yep, mine is pretty loud too, I'm sure all these from China are basically the same. One of the main reasons why I retired most of my air tools for home use.

Although the tool does have speed adjustment, which doesn't do much for noise, I added an inline regulator to mine. That's what I use on my air die grinders too. I also planned on trying to swap out the "muffler" element but never got around to it.

With the regulator I can adjust it to the point where the annoying high pitched exhaust is drastically reduced. But I haven't really used it much since so no idea how the performance is affected at those lower speeds.



Reason being is I have a chamfering/deburring machine that I prefer to use which is very quiet. But it's a completely different tool & price range. My intention was buying the cheap little air tool for internal chamfers.

 

[danielbuck]

yeah the cutting part is loud, but really the loudest part is just the exhaust. My next idea is to make an extension that I guess glues to the exhaust port, and I'll put a threaded port on the end of that, and run a muffler.

 

[MichaelP]

Consider ear plugs instead.

 

[dnschmidt]

Consider ear plugs instead.

I prefer Peltor (now 3M) ear muffs instead but you're on the right path. It doesn't matter how loud it is if I can't hear it. I routinely use these when I'm using my big air compressor with my AirVantage sanders. They're cheap, they're effective so why not. I even find them to be comfortable.

 

[danielbuck]

Consider ear plugs instead.

ear mufflers work just fine, but only for me, not the neighborhood.

 

[jptbay]

If you want to spend the cheddar, there is the SP Air SP-7252F, that comes in at 81.5 db.

https://www.spairusa.com/product/sp-7252f-sp-air-corporation-pneumatic-palm-beveling-tool/