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Hello I hope you can help. Would be most grateful. Total newbie but my dilemma will be a common one right now. Due to the state of the world right now, I am working from home and my son is doing year 12 online at home. I rent a small cottage.
I’d like some help in knocking up a Partition or room divider to create a sense of division between our two tables which are in separate rooms but there is no closing door. Say about 150 -200cm high and 100 wide. I don’t have a drill but have the bits! And lots of other tools and bits and bobs. They need to be freestanding.
another question .. more curiosity.. and this is a long shot but would anyone have any ideas for creating a sound booth.? Not a small room but a one of those chair type things that cut out the sound. It allow supervision.Here are a few pics for reference only. Obviously all IP is reserved to owners.. A diy one would be nothing like this but just so you get the idea!
ps I’m in a rental property....
Thank you for taking th time to read this...
Sleepless in Sydney
Hi @StuckAtHome,
I'm sure plenty of our community members can empathise with your situation and will be happy to help in any way they can. Let me tag some very clever members in @ProjectPete, @Brad and @Starkers_17 to see if they might like to kick off the discussion and give you some ideas about where to start.
Welcome to Workshop. This is a friendly, welcoming and helpful place full of wonderful people. I trust you'll get helpful information, advice and inspiration for this project as well as many to come in the future.
Jason
Love the idea of using the Matrix panels. Great work @Brad.
Hope that helps @StuckAtHome.
Keep the great ideas coming everyone!
Jason
Hi @StuckAtHome
Welcome to the Workshop community. I see you have already received some great suggestions from our helpful community members on a room divider. Perhaps for the sound booth, you could consider making it from plastic conduit and fittings.
Bunnings now stock a range of acoustic boards, which you could use to cover the frame and with limited access to tools. The boards could be secured with cable ties. If you wanted something that was more rigid, it may be worth looking at creating the frame from Premium Grade Dressed Pine.
You could possibly use this soundboard in conjunction with the other great ideas suggested for the room divider.
I look forward to seeing what else our helpful community members recommend for your project. If there is anything else I can be of assistance with please feel free to let me know.
Mitchell
I'm about to start a sound booth project.
A trip to Ikea (Ivar Side Unit 500X2260 - Yes, it's going to be tall!)
A trip to my favourite Audio Store (DJ City in this case) (AVE ISOWEDGE-P Acoustic Foam Wedges)
Then Bunnings (Ply, Brad nails etc)
My only issue is that I want the booth to fold flat (well, as flat as possible) and trying to find a hinge that will provide a gap so the foam doesn't get crushed.
(they stick out about 12mm total).
Image is the idea I have (These cosy about US$400 and I'd need 2)
Welcome to the Workshop community @ThatVoiceGuy.
Thanks for jumping straight in and contributing to the discussion. You'll find Workshop is full of innovative community members who share their knowledge and amazing projects here every day. We would encourage you to start a new discussion for your project as I'm sure members would like to follow along. This topic is proving to be very popular at the moment and your design looks to be a great solution.
Please let me know if you need a hand with getting the most out of the site or have any questions.
Mitchell
