BBC Sound Effects
BBC Sound Effects #43 - CONSTRUCTION

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#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Workshop door opened 0:09
2 Workshop door closed 0:09
3 Tool box opened 0:12
4 Tool box closed 0:09
5 Tools removed from box and put on bench 0:34
6 Hand-drill removed from toolbox 0:08
7 Wrench removed from toolbox 0:09
8 Screwdriver removed from toolbox 0:07
9 Chisel hammered with mallet 0:08
10 Chisel hammered and wood levered up 0:19
11 Glass hammered from smashed front door pane 0:53
12 Tack nail hammered 0:16
13 Tack nail hammered 0:15
14 Tack nail hammered 0:13
15 Large tack nail hammered 0:14
16 Tack miss-hit twice and then hammered in 0:18
17 Floor nail hammered (slow rhythm with hammer ring) 0:20
18 Floor nail hammered (faster rhythm with hammer ring) 0:15
19 Floor nail hammered (changing rhythm with hammer ring) 0:14
20 Small nails dropped on bench 0:06
21 Small nails dropped on bench, one falls on metal surface 0:08
22 Tenon saw, small piece of wood (steady rhythm) 0:22
23 Tenon saw, small piece of wood (variable rhythm) 0:22
24 Tenon saw, small piece of wood (close perspective) 0:24
25 Hand saw through sheet of plywood (saw jams) 0:30
26 Hacksaw, small piece of Formica 0:18
27 Hacksaw, small piece of Formica (cut piece falls on floor) 0:26
28 Hacksaw, piece of metal (cut piece falls on floor) 0:53
29 File, wood 0:41
30 File, Formica (with squealing on some strokes) 0:45
31 File, metal 0:38
32 0:49
33 Sanding, small piece of wood 1:04
34 Sanding, paper folded then small piece of wood 0:47
35 Sanding, paper folded then sheet of plywood 1:32
36 Sanding, edge of plywood 1:00
37 Sanding, sheet of metal 0:55
38 Chiselling wood (splintering noise) 1:27
39 Nail pulled 0:07
40 Nail pulled 0:08
41 Nail pulled 0:07
42 Nail pulled 0:07
43 Hood levered with chisel, splinters 0:33
44 Chisel sharpened on grindstone 1:02
45 Hand-drill, 2 holes in wood 0:21
46 Hand-drill, single hole in wood 0:12
47 Hand-drill, single hole in metal 0:23
48 Hand-drill, single hole in metal, jams, is freed 0:24
49 Small wrench dropped 0:06
50 Large wrench dropped 0:07
51 Painting, brush 3:02
52 Painting, roller 3:17
53 Can of spray paint shaken 0:54
54 Spray painting 1:31
55 Engine hoist assembled (metal clattering noise) 0:49
56 Electric drill, short burst freewheeling 0:08
57 Electric drill, single hole in wood 0:16
58 Electric drill, single hole in wood, jams, is freed 0:21
59 Electric drill, single hole in metal sheet 0:17
60 Electric drill, single hole in thick metal bar 0:35
61 Electric drill, rotary sanding attachment used 2:29
62 Electric jigsaw, small piece of wood 0:26
63 Electric jigsaw, plywood sheet 1:19
64 0:19
65 Electric grinder, short burst on metal sheet 0:13
66 1:12
67 Pressure hose, cleaning yard 3:19
68 Arc welding machine, switch on, transformer hum 1:56
69 Arc welding machine, switch on, weld, lose arc, strike 0:55
70 Arc welding machine, switch on, weld, off 0:41
71 Arc welding machine, switch on, strike arc second attempt 0:43
72 Arc welding machine, switch on, attempt to strike arc, fail 1:04
73 Gas blowlamp lit, constant roar of flame, off 2:09
74 Gas blowlamp lit, used to heat surface (changing acoustic) 3:38
75 1:47
76 Pneumatic drill used on tarmac 3:13
77 General atmosphere on building site, mid distant acoustic 4:32
78 General atmosphere on building site, closer perspective 5:50
79 Building site, interior acoustic of building under construction 4:00
80 Building site, hammering steel girders (close perspective) 2:55
81 Building site, concrete aerator used to remove air bubbles 1:12
Total time 74:54