Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Ambull01]

These are some training aids I got from a sales rep many years ago. Used for workplaces, like factories, etc. Now, when we tell people to 'stick it in your ear!', we can be specific.

The 'Roll Model' gauge can be used competitively, to get workers focused on really rolling the foam ear plugs tightly. The translucent ear helps illustrate what goes on 'inside', although, the canal does not deform as much as when you pull your own ear up and back, as Ambull01 described.

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That's freaking awesome! I'm going to recommend getting some of those ear things for my unit. I'm tired of telling people to un-f themselves.

So does pulling your ear up and back really work?

You were riding a bicycle in the 80's.

When we first had cars, bass was the thing. Bass doesn't cause hearing loss like treble.

I had 4 10" and 4 12" subs (not all in the same car at the same time though). I guess you could say I was "all about the bass" LMFAO

Hold on now! How did you know I was riding a bicycle in the 80s!? You're right though lol. I was still peeing myself in the 80s. Should have said 90s although technically I could say I grew up in the 80s, 90s, and 2000s. I'm a late bloomer.

I also had some massive 12" Cerwin Vega home speakers (I think that's the name). I remember one song in particular that I loved. It would shave my whole apartment in college. Neighbors hated me.

 

[svk]

Hold on now! How did you know I was riding a bicycle in the 80s!? You're right though lol. I was still peeing myself in the 80s. Should have said 90s although technically I could say I grew up in the 80s, 90s, and 2000s. I'm a late bloomer.

I also had some massive 12" Cerwin Vega home speakers (I think that's the name). I remember one song in particular that I loved. It would shave my whole apartment in college. Neighbors hated me.

IIRC you are 33 or so and I am 35 so we basically grew through the same trends.

I also had the 12" CV speakers in my dorm room and then house. We used to buy the "bass tapes" but there were some songs like "Ghetto Cowboy" and the "Gangsta's Paradise" that shook things pretty good too.

 

[Ambull01]

IIRC you are 33 or so and I am 35 so we basically grew through the same trends.

I also had the 12" CV speakers in my dorm room and then house. We used to buy the "bass tapes" but there were some songs like "Ghetto Cowboy" and the "Gangsta's Paradise" that shook things pretty good too.

Yep, we're real close in age. So you remember Bone Thugs N Harmony? That was the jam!

I miss those speakers.

 

[svk]

Yep, we're real close in age. So you remember Bone Thugs N Harmony? That was the jam!

I miss those speakers.

Wake up wake up wake up its the first of da month!

 

[nomad_archer]

Clint, just a normal year (almost) for Syracuse! Went to School in Rochester, winters were rough!

I never realized how much snow Rochester got but I sure did know the winters were awful. I then moved to Cleveland which had less snow but still sucked on the winter scale and didn't have salmon fishing. Now the closest place on there to were I live is Harrisburg with 37" of snow which doesn't seem to bad.

 

[Marshy]

That's freaking awesome! I'm going to recommend getting some of those ear things for my unit. I'm tired of telling people to un-f themselves.

So does pulling your ear up and back really work?

Yes it helps significantly. It's the proper way to put them in. Most of the time though I just roll them really tight so it goes into the canal without pulling on the ear. I think when you pull on the ear it can be too easy to push the plug in too deep so you have to be careful. It's all about the roll IMO. When I work in the plant (power generation) and the noise isn't too loud we will pull them out and just lightly push them in unrolled so you can hear voices without shouting. It still knocks out the high frequencies but allows you to cheat to talk with people. The. When you don't need to talk just roll and stuff.

 

[Ambull01]

Yes it helps significantly. It's the proper way to put them in. Most of the time though I just roll them really tight so it goes into the canal without pulling on the ear. I think when you pull on the ear it can be too easy to push the plug in too deep so you have to be careful. It's all about the roll IMO. When I work in the plant (power generation) and the noise isn't too loud we will pull them out and just lightly push them in unrolled so you can hear voices without shouting. It still knocks out the high frequencies but allows you to cheat to talk with people. The. When you don't need to talk just roll and stuff.

That is true about shoving them in too far. I actually did that on purpose just to get a good seal.

On another note, you're one of the heat transfer brainiacs right? If you are, check out this free online book:

http://web.mit.edu/lienhard/www/download-ahtt.shtml

It looks like a pretty basic text book on heat transfer. Reading conversations by that ChrisPA guy, Whitespider, Windthrown, and yourself kind of piqued my interest in the topic.

 

[dancan]

I've used the the yellow foam and ear muffs together when running a saw all day for that extra bit of protection .
1990 Chevy Blazer with 2 Rockford Fosgate 100w amps strapped to mono driving a pair of Cerwin Vega D10's with another amp driving some front speakers ... Was it ever loud LOL

 

[Marshy]

That is true about shoving them in too far. I actually did that on purpose just to get a good seal.

On another note, you're one of the heat transfer brainiacs right? If you are, check out this free online book:

http://web.mit.edu/lienhard/www/download-ahtt.shtml

It looks like a pretty basic text book on heat transfer. Reading conversations by that ChrisPA guy, Whitespider, Windthrown, and yourself kind of piqued my interest in the topic.

Heat transfer was part of my main course of study as an engineer and was one of the most fun classes I ever took, that and mechine design. I hated dynamics but that was probably because of the teacher and my physics background was not as strong as it should have been... I saved all my engineering texts so when I forget everything I can relearn it lol. Thanks for the link.

 

[Oldman47]

On ear plugs, I ordered a variety pack of plugs to try because I knew, from my employer buying me plugs, that I was hard to fit. The soft plastic plugs were always hard to insert properly and gave very little noise reduction once they were in. Even with tugging on my ear to insert I often found them falling out a few minutes later. What I found was that almost all of that assortment ended up just falling out of my ears. When I reversed some of the foam plugs I had better luck with them staying put. I ended up buying a 50 pack of these plugs because I can get a good consistent seal with them and they stay in place when I insert them backward. I now have a lifetime supply because I only use up 2 or 3 pairs per year. I use them for riding my bike but also for any other noisy environment.
http://www.earplugstore.com/mosppluffopl.html

 

[MechanicMatt]

2 jbl 12 inch subs in the trunk, girl friend said she could hear me coming from miles away. Thank god I grew out of that.

 

[Ambull01]

Heat transfer was part of my main course of study as an engineer and was one of the most fun classes I ever took, that and mechine design. I hated dynamics but that was probably because of the teacher and my physics background was not as strong as it should have been... I saved all my engineering texts so when I forget everything I can relearn it lol. Thanks for the link.

I'm planning on reading that thing so I'll sound like I know what I'm talking about when I school my wife on wood burning.

This is for @dancan :

http://thevane.gawker.com/fahrenhei...:+gizmodo/full+(Gizmodo)&utm_content=Netvibes

Convert to Fahrenheit now so I can make sense of your temps!

 

[spike60]

So for those of us who may be on the "little too late" list for some hearing damage, to what do you give the most credit: Loud saws, or loud music?

In my case, Husqvarna and The Allman Brothers probably have an equal share in that answer for me. But while I now wear ear plugs when running a saw, I still blast the tunes now and then.

 

[Oldman47]

For me my sligt hearing loss probably came from too much Inna Godda Da Vida and similar music played as loud as I could tolerate.

 

[mainewoods]

I bought my first transistor radio when I was 9. It was only AM and about the size of a pack of smokes.Took me a week of picking peas at .30 a bushel to save up for it. But when the 8 track players came out, I was first in line! Man did I crank up the Steppenwolf and 3 Dog night. Took a cuttin' torch to mount it into a '57 Chevy dashboard, but it was worth the effort.

 

[dancan]

2 jbl 12 inch subs in the trunk, girl friend said she could hear me coming from miles away. Thank god I grew out of that.

Yup , I'm glad I survived it LOL

 

[dancan]

I'm planning on reading that thing so I'll sound like I know what I'm talking about when I school my wife on wood burning.

This is for @dancan :

http://thevane.gawker.com/fahrenheit-is-a-better-temperature-scale-than-celsius-1691707793?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+gizmodo/full+(Gizmodo)&utm_content=Netvibes

Convert to Fahrenheit now so I can make sense of your temps!

TLDR
I usually convert to F and inch , foot , miles for you guys so as to avoid confusion LOL
BTW , Dan or dancan is fine , that @ bs is for the birds , if I can't figure out who's talking to who I'll drink more beer till it makes sense .

 

[dancan]

Steppenwolf and 3 Dog night , seen the 8track but I bought the LP , I knew better LOL

 

[mainewoods]

Cuttin' wood was the cause of my tinnitus. No one wore ear plugs or muffs that I ever knew. Not even sure there was such a thing back then. Never saw a helmet, face shield, chaps or safety glasses either. Guess we were pretty lucky. I wouldn't recommend cuttin' that way to anybody. To this day I don't own a helmet,face shield, or chaps. I do wear ear plugs, now. Kind of like closing the barn door after the horse got out!

 

[dancan]

It's better than not Clint .
My father was a district superintendent for Bowater Mersey Paper , I remember when their silviculture crews had to start wearing helmets systems and chainsaw pants , what a pile of complaints LOL