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In Reply to: Speaker Stands posted by Joe M on January 07, 2002 at 07:33:43:
Use good old sterile sand. It's cheap, dense, damps vibration and your local hardware/garden outlet stocks it year 'round. If you want to get fancy and spend more, buy some of the white quartz sand that they use in hotel ashtray stands. It has the advantage of less dust than play sand.
Cheers,Graham
"You never really know how fast you're going until you hit the ground"
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If you are concerned about silica dust try silica-free blasting abrasives. Copper or Nickel slagg I believe are denser than silica and of course are screened for sand-blasting purposes to the same U.S. standard sieve sizes as silica and may provide excellent vibration absorption. The material is black in color and in angular in nature. Silica abrasives can be manufatured by crushing larger silica rock and screened to size or by screening natural silica sand. Natural silica sand is round and smooth while crushed silica is angular.If you've ever been in a silica manafacturing or sand-blasting environment and witnessed first hand the amounts of silica dust that over long periods time create the health issues and for which measures have been taken to reduce these risks, you would see how absolutely rediculous it is for some to think it is hazardous to touch washed silica sand from a bag without washing after. Absolute hysteria. You more apt to choke on a mouthfull and die than be harmed by other exposures of this nature. Remember silica dust have to be inhaled to be harmfull and in large quanities. Most silica sand products are washed and dried before packaging therefore eliminating much of the dust that is present after crushing or screening. It is the pulverizing of the silica during sand-blasting that creates the dust that requires blasters to wear fresh air intake hoods.
Play sand probably consists of too small particals anyway to absorb effectively as it will have a tendancy to compact and not vibrate freely. Stick with Blasting abrasives screened on 8-40 mesh screens commonly referrd to #0, #1, and #2 sizes. #00 is also available but may be too small to vibrate freely as may consist of 40 mesh minus material.
Better late than never.
Where do you buy the Whit quartz sand that you are referring to? Is this the same as silica sand?Thanks
Cut-Throat
I believe we're talking about the same thing. If you call a commercial maintenance supply company they can probably sell a bag to you, or tell you who to call in your area.
Cheers,Graham
"You never really know how fast you're going until you hit the ground"
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