[TheForge] Stud finders

[ries]

Is there a reason you just dont go to home depot and buy a battery  
operated stud finder?
I have been using em for 20 years, and they work pretty well.
By moving em back and forth, and double checking, you usually hit  
what your aiming for.
double checking with a tiny drill before making a big hole is  
probably smart.

There are a variety of anchors you can use in 1/2" oak and wall board  
if you miss, however- I just hung some 500lb fence panels in what was  
basically stucco and chicken wire walls, by using a toggle bolt style  
anchor, these were a Powers product that left you with a 1/2" x 13tpi  
threaded insert in the wall, I used 5 per side, and it held the fence  
panel, didnt budge when I jumped on it.
This is way more than you need for your application- they make em in  
1/4" and 3/8" sizes too-
these are the ones I used-
http://www.powers.com/product_04056.html

ries




On Mar 8, 2007, at 4:27 PM, plumdon at aol.com wrote:



-----Original Message-----
From: warnock at ebrary.com
To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Stud finders

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;

Do you think the rare earth magnets will detect nail heads through  
1/2" oak and wall board.

Thanks

Don Plummer
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