Stud finder

[RogerS]

Having tried and rejected most of the ones on the market, I had a brainwave and thought 'why not try using my Wagner Moisture Meter MMC220 to see if it can detect any difference between plasterboard/plaster and where the stud is.

It can :lol:

 

[ChrisR]

Just re-badge it, call it a bomb detector and become a millionaire, no sorry that’s already been done, and it ends with a prison sentence.
Take care.

ChrisR.

 

[Graham Orm]

Can't resist rolling this one out again:

I had a stud detector but had to throw it away as it went off every time I got in the van.

 

[RogerS]

Just re-badge it, call it a bomb detector and become a millionaire, no sorry that’s already been done, and it ends with a prison sentence.
Take care.

ChrisR.

Wish he ended up being asked to manually search minefields, the (MOD EDIT) pineapple. :evil:

 

[tekno.mage]

What I really don't understand is why none of the purchasers of the supposed "Bomb Detector" tested the darned thing before buying them!

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

That story blew my mind. He must have been a hell of a salesman!

 

[Dangermouse]

All the stud detectors I've ever had are useless. They keep on telling me about bits of wood behind a wall !!!!!! :shock: :lol: :wink:

 

[dj.]

What I really don't understand is why none of the purchasers of the supposed "Bomb Detector" tested the darned thing before buying them!

From what I read on the case the buyers were being bribed to buy them as they were purchasing them on behalf of goverments etc, so they themselves were not the end user, they were just cashing in on there position.


As for detecting timber in partition walls I`ve always managed with a small magnet, I find a row of vertical screws or nails with the magnet, mark their position, draw a line to join them & that gives me the postion of the vertical upright.

regards.

dj.

 

[JakeS]

As for detecting timber in partition walls I`ve always managed with a small magnet, I find a row of vertical screws or nails with the magnet, mark their position, draw a line to join them & that gives me the postion of the vertical upright.

It sounds like a perfectly sound method, apart from the bit where you have to paint the wall again 'cause you've drawn all over it!

 

[dilwyn]

i usually find the timbers with the handle of a screwdriver .or handle of a hammer just tap and you should be able to tell hollow or solid .

 

[John Brown]

I usually find studs by a process of elimination. The studs are always in the places that the drill isn't.