John P
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| posted on 29/1/11 at 10:00 AM |
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Do any Stud Finders actually work OK?
About a year ago I bought a cheapish own brand stud-finder from B&Q but it's virtually useless. If you look for a stud it beeps at one
point but then if you try it again in the same location you get a totally different response.
It also supposedly finds burried cables but again I've found it so vague that I can't rely on the results which can be a bit un-nerving
when drill into a wall blind. (Obviously I wouldn't drill immediately over or to the side of a known fitting).
Are there any sensibly priced units that anyone can recommend?
John.
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loggyboy
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| posted on 29/1/11 at 10:13 AM |
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I have a BnQ one, lil black triangle, works pefectly for me.
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BenB
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| posted on 29/1/11 at 10:27 AM |
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I have a cheapo Ebay special with a big metal hoop on the end. Works nicely. Even has a row of LEDs on the end so you can see the thing getting
"closer".
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tegwin
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| posted on 29/1/11 at 10:36 AM |
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I find a nuckle tapped on the wall is a good way of getting close.... then use a small screwdriver to push through the plasterboard until you pinpoint
the exact location of the stud... You will need some polyfiller however :p
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Theshed
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| posted on 29/1/11 at 10:40 AM |
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In relation to knuckle rapping ....I am told by a female friend that something called a "rampant rabbit" is the proper tool for the
job......
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HowardB
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| posted on 29/1/11 at 10:45 AM |
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my female friend tells me the rampant rabbit is instead of a stud, not to find one!
Howard
Fisher Fury was 2000 Zetec - now a 1600 (it Lives again  and goes zoom)
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mad4x4
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| posted on 29/1/11 at 12:14 PM |
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We have a cheapish one and it works reasonably - need to read the instructions. But yeah seems to work. Think ours is Champion make - ??ARGOS??
Scot's do it better in Kilts.
MK INDY's Don't Self Centre Regardless of MK Setting !
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ruskino80
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| posted on 29/1/11 at 12:23 PM |
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just did a nice cold mains water repair yesterday after my customer drilled clean into the pipe after having used one of these finder gadgets.he now
has a large hole in his recently tiled cloakroom wall a nice bill from me and the tiler booked to sort it out!!
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John P
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| posted on 29/1/11 at 03:03 PM |
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Been looking on-line and most seem to get a pretty poor revue. Have seen some suggestions the Ryobi SW109TL may be OK. Anyone used one of these?
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Peteff
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| posted on 29/1/11 at 05:10 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ruskino80
just did a nice cold mains water repair yesterday after my customer drilled clean into the pipe after having used one of these finder gadgets.he now
has a large hole in his recently tiled cloakroom wall a nice bill from me and the tiler booked to sort it out!!
His worked then 
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 29/1/11 at 07:41 PM |
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Mine doesn't work because it just goes off in the presence of me
Can't believe no-one's said that yet!
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MikeR
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| posted on 29/1/11 at 11:23 PM |
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i've seen a bosch one that appears to work well, about 50 quid on ebay so not cheap.
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