80 from 90 isint a 50% reduction its actually only like an 11.2% reduction

Oh wow, drill a pilot hole. What a new revelation.

Thank you! I will be assembling one of these for my wife‘s vacuum cleaner! I hate that thing!

used this to make mouthpieces for cigars. AMAZING results. 2mm bit. INCREDIBLY straight jigs

Geez... The "science" is useless... And this does nothing of the motor is plain and simple LOUD!! Buy a quiet shop vac. I have 3 different brands, and the ShopVac brand is the worst! Stanley is okay. Canadian Tire MasterCraft is the quietest, and good suction too!

Of curse when you have a drill press its so easy. I will like to see it done just with the hand drill. Make another video using only the hand drill and the wood stick and let us see how good you are.🤔🤨.

Not that easy. As others have pointed out, drilling the first hole straight is difficult due to the wood grain, which are going to deviate the drill bit off the wanted trajectory. And if you don't get that first hole right, then you have a problem. I find the best is to start by hand using a 1 mm think metal tool (not sure how it's called), then start to drill the hole slowly.

Its really quite simple brilliant. Thank you.

I tried this freehand and with a drill press, the drill kept wandering off center. Perhaps it works for most, but not for me.

Dude… that’s not reduced by 50%

We can see you working but we can't see what you're working with. Can't blame you if your filming yourself and you don't have a flip screen on your camera...

it would have been nice if you showed how you made the jig slower so it was easier to understand. I understand how you made the jig but how you got it large hole lined up with the larger hole.

nice thanks

Just use ear protection. Done.

Thanks. Very good and smart comments and conclusions. Always is good to learn something new. 👍🇺🇸🙏

Looks good. Boring machines rotate the stock, not the drill. Much more accurate because rotating the stock automatically corrects itself. The combination of small pilot holes and rotating the stock will give you a perfect hole.

Where is the material list man.. and bring the camera down to see what the hell your doing!! That was like watching a concert beside a column..

But how due you ensure the hole in the block is perpendicular/ true ?

Been doing that for years.A no brainer.

what about proper wood drills these drills on here are for metal.anybody got any ideas for using those.they have a flat shank mmmmm

Thanks!

Thank you for the knowledge. I am unlikely to complete this specific project, but 5-10 years from now I will encounter another piece of knowledge in a seemingly unrelated field and this videos knowledge will click together with my future problem like a final missing puzzle piece you find under the couch. I don’t want to be immortal, except I occasionally wish I could live long enough for all my stray/loose ends of knowledge to be tied to something personally and physically relevant.

Great tip. I'm just getting into turning pens from dowels and this will make drilling holes in the dowels very easy. Thanks for the video.

That stuff don't work

Hi Ray I enjoyed watching your videos been watching since the beginning glad to see you are back doing them. Wayne west

Just build a box to cover the entire vac and you will have a real reduction. Sorry, you already done that on the next video... Congrats.

I disagree with pi r squared. Everyone knows pi are round.😂

Okeefes is OVER RATED AND VERY Expensive

Where's the link for sharpening?

Your block jig was drilled on your drill press. No wonder you were able to get dead center. I was expecting some phenomenal tips to get this done exactly. If you don't have a drill press then you can't replicate what you did. Seems to me like one of those DUH moments.

Would something like this work on a gun? Asking for a friend you understand!

Saul Woodman

that video was as clear as mud to me. Didn't understand how to do it all. Poor demo.

Nice one, i made 1 also for my shopvac. Mine is way smaller, but it really works.

fantastic video!!!!

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Hi, Looks like you have a Porter Cable Bandsaw with a riser block. I have the same saw but not able to find the riser block - it is no longer available. Where did you get yours. If you can share some details that would be really useful. Thanks in advance.

It would have been helpful to be able to see the muffler being made rather than seeing you talk about it...

You didn’t show anything of the build! Fail! You should view before posting!

This would have been easier to follow if you hadn't assembled it below the camera's view and at double speed.

This is excellent. Thanks!

My method would have been to encase the whole shop vac in a box lined with foam with vac and exhaust ports. His is on a cart already so just need to complete the boxing in.

Actually, you shouldn't be drinking coffee while you work. You can introduce lots of toxic substances into your mouth this way. Coffee belongs at a coffee break.

all that talking and never says to make a fixture or how to make it...

Your out of focus

I’m not a mathematician but 80db is not a 50% reduction from 95db. It’s an approximate 15.75% reduction.

Excellent tip. Thanks!

Cheating - you used a drill press to make the jig. You need to make the jig using a hand drill as well, otherwise you haven't solved the problem.

hi, I wasnt sure if you had a hole drilled in your larger outer pipe. it looked like a window. please explain if I am seeing right. it wasnt mentioned in the video. thanks. Great video and helpful information btw

I appreciate the math and sharing ur experience. The math leaves nothing to chance or shade tree engineering!