Stud Finder Through EFIS

K2

I need a good stud finder to pick up metal studs behind the 1" foam and the rock. The ones i used to use were not very reliable. Thanks for any help. I think EFIS and Drivit/Drivet are about the same.

mdshunk

For really thick EFIS and Drivit (more than 1" foam) I use a piece of ceiling wire or insulation support wire, cut off at a 45* angle and poke. For ordinary EFIS on metal studs, I use a high quality cow magnet. It works like a charm. Sticks right to the stud, and the fully rounded off torpedo profile of the cow magnet keeps the EFIS from getting scuffed up.

Robie

I just started using a magnet also as I wasn't having much luck with stud-finders.
I just purchased this from McFeeley's...works like a charm.
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Here is the webpage:
http://www.mcfeelys.com/product.asp?...3040&id=856100

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Ken@K&R

I just got back from the farm down the road. Checked every cow there and never found it's magnet.

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mdshunk

It's the very powerful magnet, shaped like a tube of Chap-Stick that they have a cow swallow to prevent hardware disease. You get them at a feed store or Tractor Supply or a place like that.

Wise guy...

Peladu

Search all of the cow patty's .... you just may find one after all.

They are now being sold in tool supply stores .... finally.

I used to have to drive to a "farm and Fleet" to get them...

But then again, I have been using them for over 10 years, and have about a dozen of them ...

got sick of driving so far for cow magnets...

They are normally and approximately, 3/8" Dia. and 3" long and silver and look like something your girlfriend might keep in her nightstand.

K2

Cow magnet. Sounds like a bull story.