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Reply to "Is Atlas-O the "quietest" 3-rail track?"

@NYC 428 posted:

Atlas, Ross and Gargraves are quieter then Fastrack, but no track system is quiet.  You need to mount the track on some type of sound dreading material for the best result. 

Use Homasote or isolating foam, glue this material to your table top and glue the track on top said material for the best sound suppression.

This is the correct answer, IMO.  It's not really the track system that makes noise.  It's the vibration of the track against the bench work.  That's why insulating the track from the bench work is important.

From all I've read, Homasote is hard to find and even more difficult to work with.  It is heavy.  Cutting it creates dust that is dangerously unhealthy.

A friend of mine has used 1/4" cork as roadbed.  I don't think cork does all that good of a job.  I use 3/8" Vinylbed (now called Flexxbed) like it very much.

Gluing an insulating material to the bench work is preferable to nailing or screwing it down, just as NYC_428 said.

George

 

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