[TheForge] Stud finders

[Christopher Warnock]

I just did this last night to mount a flat screen television to a 
wall: if you have access to rare earth magnets, pass them over the 
wall and they will "stick" to the sheet rock nails. if you can get 
two to stick,  you will have a line.

You can get small rare-earth magnets at radio shack, but then you 
could also buy a "stud-finder".

Chris Warnock

>Don,
>
>Use a fine drill, "very small", with your electric
>drill. Drill a hole where you think a stud is, if you
>get wood, you have the stud. if all you get is plaster
>dust, then you missed. Try this on 16 inch centers.
>
>Jerry
>
>--- plumdon at aol.com wrote:
>
>>  A customer wants to mount a small 37 pound segment
>>  of copper ore over
>>  her fireplace. It is a beautifully colored and
>>  textured 24" x 11" piece
>>  of natural ore that has been sliced into a 1-1/2"
>>  thick item.  This is
>>  a very upscale home and the owners are not tolerant
>>  of mistakes. There
>>  is white oak paneling on the wall over the
>>  fireplace. I have no way of
>>  determining how thick it is. I will be making the
>>  mounting brackets,
>>  etc., and installing. I want to go through to the
>>  studs but unsure what
>>  I might use to find them.  I have seen some devices
>>  rated at 1-1/2" but
>>  never used them, not sure if that is enough depth
>>  range or if they
>>  really work.
>>
>>  Can anyone suggest a device ot technique that might
>>  help?
>>
>>  Regards and thanks
>>
>>  Don Plummer
>>
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