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re: Do any stud finders actually work
Posted on 11/16/18 at 3:03 pm to HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay
Posted on 11/16/18 at 3:03 pm to HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay
quote:Or, use a stud finder....
start in a corner of the room, measure out 16" and knock on the wall, if you don't think there is a stud there, go back to the corner and measure out 24" and knock on the wall, if you didn't feel a stud either time, you need to hire a carpenter, because there was a stud in one of the two locations, you just have no business working on the house. Once you find the first stud, you know the studs are either every 16" or every 24" and act accordingly.
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Posted on 11/16/18 at 3:05 pm to LSURussian
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Or, use a stud finder....
Yes my post didn't apply to beta males who need a device to show them where a piece of wood is.
Posted on 11/16/18 at 3:06 pm to Broke
you enjoying that new xbox x and red dead redemption 2?
Posted on 11/16/18 at 3:08 pm to Broke
I recommend the Zircon brand, one of the higher level models.
The key is the start. You have to be slow, and set the finder and let it set for a few seconds, then slowly move it.
I always rush and it doesn't work, or I get false readings. But when I do it slow and deliberate it works. And I would recommend the one that shows you the beginning edge then end of the stud, so you know where the middle is.
The key is the start. You have to be slow, and set the finder and let it set for a few seconds, then slowly move it.
I always rush and it doesn't work, or I get false readings. But when I do it slow and deliberate it works. And I would recommend the one that shows you the beginning edge then end of the stud, so you know where the middle is.
Posted on 11/16/18 at 3:09 pm to Broke
depends on the house, if its new construction then they work pretty well, if its old construction then can lie to you a lot.
the cheaper they are the less accurate they are
the cheaper they are the less accurate they are
Posted on 11/16/18 at 3:12 pm to HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay
FYI, for all you handymen, the knocking test may work great. But for greenhorns, all knocks sound alike to me. So unless I go and take a stud knocking class, I'm reduced to using a stud finder. And I think there are many like me.
Posted on 11/16/18 at 3:27 pm to Broke
You're just not using them right.
Posted on 11/16/18 at 3:29 pm to Broke
I have had the most luck with the magnetic ones sold on amazon for under 10$. It is a super strong magnet and it finds the sheetrock screws. Works really well.
Posted on 11/16/18 at 3:31 pm to Wheaux
If you had good trim carpenters, the other non tool method is to look at your baseboards and find where their nail holes were.
Stud finders are great if they are decent and your wife put it back where it belongs. Half the time of I’m at home it takes me longer to find the stud finder than if I just used an old fashion method.
Stud finders are great if they are decent and your wife put it back where it belongs. Half the time of I’m at home it takes me longer to find the stud finder than if I just used an old fashion method.
Posted on 11/16/18 at 3:31 pm to Broke
4d finish nail ,hammer, spackling ,knuckle . Works every time
Posted on 11/16/18 at 3:34 pm to Broke
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Most of the studs I'll need won't have nails in them in any place other than top and bottom
cant you use that and use a level to draw a straight line up or down from that spot?
Posted on 11/16/18 at 4:00 pm to Broke
Stud finders aren't of much use if you live or are working of a house with the old school plaster and lathe interior finish.
If more conventional wall finishing like drywall, just use your knuckle and tap the rock and listen for the tone change and that is your stud.
Another tried and true is to remove the cover plate of a light switch or outlet, find out what side of the box is attached to the stud. If it is the right side measure over 16 3/4 inches to the right from there and you should be right in the middle of the next stud if they are framed on 16 inch centers.
If more conventional wall finishing like drywall, just use your knuckle and tap the rock and listen for the tone change and that is your stud.
Another tried and true is to remove the cover plate of a light switch or outlet, find out what side of the box is attached to the stud. If it is the right side measure over 16 3/4 inches to the right from there and you should be right in the middle of the next stud if they are framed on 16 inch centers.
Posted on 11/16/18 at 4:21 pm to gumbo2176
Let's be honest, Grindr.com is the answer you were looking. To each their own - not judging.
Posted on 11/16/18 at 4:27 pm to idlewatcher
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Just do what I do and drill a bunch of holes in the wall until you find one.
This is really the only answer.
Posted on 11/16/18 at 4:28 pm to Broke
My wife found a stud 
His name was Jody
His name was Jody
Posted on 11/16/18 at 4:31 pm to gumbo2176
I always do the outlet/light switch thing. Its foolproof.
Posted on 11/16/18 at 6:13 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
My walls are 3/4 tongue and groove pine. I can hang whatever, wherever I want
Posted on 11/16/18 at 6:23 pm to Hammertime
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My walls are 3/4 tongue and groove pine.
Poor people hang that crap. Oak is the win.
Just kidding.
That is what I have in my guest house I been building. 
Posted on 11/16/18 at 6:32 pm to fishfighter
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Just kidding. That is what I have in my guest house I been building.
A buddy of mine, now dead, was one hell of a carpenter and did it all from the ground up and from start to finish. He used hickory for his wainscoting and chair rail for his kitchen walls and also for his hand made kitchen cabinets. He said the hickory was so hard he had to predrill to fasten the material to the walls, especially the thick chair rail he made.
That stuff was beautiful when finished with great graining.
Posted on 11/16/18 at 6:39 pm to mdomingue
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and it has a deep scan mode which you need if it's a thicker wall or has plywood behind the sheetrock.
So it will magically sense a stud behind plywood but not the plywood itself?
not sure I buy that mang
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