Sound Advice

An antique sparky and a high nitro dentist drill produce two entirely different sound profiles to casual listeners. The former is not anywhere near as objectionable. In fact there are probably quite a few electric models that produce a more annoying sound than a typical vintage sparky. There would be some exceptions among sparkies such as McCoy speed engines.

I certainly can't imagine mutilating a good sparky specimen to put a muffler on it. Some with exhaust collectors would probably take a strap on w/o too much risk of damage.

getback wrote:do you run fly or have Sparkies ?

Hi Getback.
Don't presently own a sparkie.
Occasionally have run into an example that gets my imagination going.
Hmmm... what could I put that Ohlsson in?
So I guess I'm here to just put out some feelers.

70W oil seems to bee a problem

I understand that some guys are having success with 60 weight. Walmart brand.
Hi  ticomareado;
Never heard a sparky run up close and personal.

ticomareado wrote:I certainly can't imagine mutilating a good sparky specimen to put a muffler on it

Wasn't my idea.
A strap on of some sort is pretty much what I was thinking of.
If it indeed produces a mellow sound, then I probably wouldn't have any trouble running it at the club field.
Worth a shot!

Gas engines might run a bit hotter than glow. It may be a good idea to open the outlet a bit if there are no decibal limits, just to have one in place.

Good information.
Will keep it in mind.
Thank you Aspeed.
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