FEEDBACK wanted – Bosch stud finder
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Bosch DMD4K Digital Multi-Detector Kit
Anyone have one of these?
Does it work?
Is it better than sliced bread?
I would love one that I could actually trust to some extent. My collection of Zircons always leave me wondering what I would find if I took my hammer and knocked a hole in the wall right there.
The ToolBear
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I'm curious also.
>>My collection of Zircons
Got one of those too.
I think that IMERC has one. Believe he likes it, but I'm not gonna speak for him. Would also like to hear some feedback. Ive been toying with the idea of getting a bosch for a couple months now.
Pif has one too....
not only is it better than sliced bread it will toast, butter and top it to yur liking....
but it won't pour the coffee...
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Outside of the condiment tray, give us an idea of it's performance.
thanksA Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
http://www.boschtools.com/tools/tools-subcategory.htm?H=193849&G=80550
http://www.boschtools.com/tools/tools-detail.htm?H=193849&G=80550&I=80548
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your opinion, not the propaganda page.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
out of all the dust collectors I have it seems to work the best....
it has it quirks but over all it beats all the others I've had...
it is accurate...
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WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
I loved the one I had that was an earlier model. Very accurate on all kinds of stuff. DMO 10
The on/off/callibrate button disappeared somehow. I wonder if I sent it in....
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I had to look this up to compare. Mine was the DM 10.
It worked fantastic for a few years until it quit working. Accurate readouts on what it was seeing and how deep in the wall or in concrete.
About the same porice too, as far as I recall.
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it got wet didn't it...
the 10 just didn't have the light ring IIRC....
Bosch has/had a fix for that some time back...
the new plastic incased circutry they repaired it with seem to make it work oh so much more gooder....
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WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
can't remember how it happened. When it quit, I had to have something right away, so I grabbed a Zircon off the shelf and been using it since, always wondering why they couldn't make it as good as the Bosch I had.
That one was originally made/marketed just for finding rebar in crete, so it should have been more rugged. I just dug it out and looked again. It was a "Made in China" deal. I'm thinking way back in the late ninties too!
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china monopolizes the electronis assembly a long time ago....
see Aunt Mary about getting it replaced....
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Aunt Mary?????
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you haven't heard about her????
she's this side of the world'd inside POC fer Bosch...
she works hard for us...
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ya, she's wearing the purple spandex.
ROAR!
Well I shelled out my $99 and bought the damn thing a few months ago.I can't figure out what the hell it's good for. What a pc of #### - I can be using it on a wall that's got drywall 4' up so I know exactly where the studs are and the stupid thing is wigging out all sorts of ways.What a totally dumb idea to put electrical sensing in it - I just want a decent stud finder.If I could find a Bosch rep, I'd stick it in his pocket and ask for my $99 + shipping back.Worst Bosch product I've ever used (or tried to use)Maybe I'm just not doing it right, huh? It's got all kinds of mombo jombo things you have to do to get it set up , turn it on, hold down this button till a light goes out, whatever... mine has never done anything useful since day one.I truly hope that mine is a dud - cause if this is how it's supposed to work than stay away.My screwup is waiting till after the 30 days return to figure out what a pc of junk it is - now I own it for good.Sound pissed off? I am, I payed $99 for a stud finder and it won't do the simplist of tasks.I keep thinking, maybe I just need to read the manual again and figure out what I'm doing wrong - is that what you want from a $99 stud finder?Anyone here have one that does as it says?Julian Tracy
you often write tool reviews in the same vein...
after a few of them I begin to wunder about the operator....
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Not sure what you are referring to as this particular dud is currently the only tool in my arsenal that doesn't seem to do what it is supposed with repeated trying.Don't get me wrong, I often fall back to thinking must be pilot error, but I'd like to see you find a stud with this sucker.So Let's see here - anyone at all have and use the latest model Bosch stud finder that's for sale now in the US to great results?Not some old model or modified thingy - the version they just released recently. Cause that's the one I have and it doesn't seem to work for ####.JT
I will test drive the new one this week...
know where there is one....
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I found this interesting tidbit on mine Case study
BoschDesigning and developing the DMO 10 digital metal detectorProfessional and DIY tool manufacturer Bosch wanted to expand its product range into electronic measurement tools, but lacked the resources to implement a digital metal detector within the required timescale. PA assisted with design and development, achieving a one year time scale from engineering model to start of production.and this is what it was -
http://www.epinions.com/hmgd-Tools-Hand_Manual-Measuring_and_Marking-Bosch-Bosch_Ultrasonic_Rangefinder_Dmo_10I think you handled it when you were here.
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didn't use yours... had my own IWRC...
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What does IWRC mean?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x8B6C54ggY&feature=related
if we recall correctly
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WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
There are two of you?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x8B6C54ggY&feature=related
yup...
me and Piffin...
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WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Sounds like your leading the witness counselor.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x8B6C54ggY&feature=related
so back and read the posts for detail and context...
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I did. It reads to me like he's speaking for himself.
Is the one he has the exact same as the new ones being distributed here? I've heard nothing but great stuff about the old ones.
We do not inherit the earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our children. Native American Proverb
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x8B6C54ggY&feature=related
I did have to pause at IWRC, but if we recall correctly is how I took it and agreed with it.Go back to read again my posts. mine is diff from the ones first mentioned here. A DMO 10 instead. I even linked to a photo of how it lookes.I did some searching and interesting enough, almost all of that model existing info and available used or just recently all sold out in clearance sales were all in the UK, Australia, and Japan! Looks like not many of them hit the streets here in the USA.I first saw it at a JLC live in Rhode Island. I can't recal for certain whether I bought it right then and there on the spot or ordered it later when i got home.Given the extreme discounts at shows, and the fact that they apparantly didn't spend long on the market, I'm guessing the former.If I get it fixed, you wanna borrow it to locate that toothbrush in your toilet?;)
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It doesn't matter if my calculations are close. Marty had several. One for each. Flood, sell out, or burglary.
Anyway the reason I'm curious is because of conversations I've had with you about it. For some reason Bosch sold them only very briefly here in the US. And I have heard only good stuff about them from guys like you. Now that they are selling them again I'm hoping that they are the same ones. If so I'll buy one tommorrow.
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I'll belooking for what IMERC has to say after trying the newest one, and likely to buy it. This thread is the first I knew of it coming back. Electronics is so far advanced in the past 8-10 years that I gotta think it is somewhat better.Just think - in another ten or twenty years, it will be combined with some sort of GPS and a micro scan recorded on PC that can find the titanium underwires in Splinties harness no matter where she is.
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You aint lying about non of that.
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PS Think they really can see through porcelain?
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mine could find rebar up to something like 6" deep in concrete.
Live wires 2-3" deep in a wall behind heavy plaster.
Dead copper 2" deep in behind sheetrock.I was kidding tho about the toothbrush. It is less dense than the porcelain, but if you do drop a gold coin down there, I would not be surprised if it could locate it for you.
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Anyone tried this one yet? Sorry for the highjack, but I've heard good things about this doohicky. Woods favorite carpenter
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It's been a long time since I've bought a tool. Think I should pull the trigger? Is CPO bosch as good to deal with as Amazon? They have the same price on it.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x8B6C54ggY&feature=related
http://bosch.cpotools.com/other_tools_and_equipment/digital_measuring_-_detection/dmd4k_spec.htmlI have bought a few tools from CPO Bosch with no problems.
Somebody here - I think it was Eric Paulson had a problem getting timely delivery of a chop saw recently, but that it the only negative I have heard of them.I was about to pul the trigger oin this new one myself, but all the activity on this thread got me interested in my old one again, and hot diggity dog! I got her working again.It doesn't have quite all the bells and whistles that this new one does, but must not be too different in the guts either - now that I have seen the guts.That Zircon looks from the description like it will do the same basic job but without the lights and bells and whistles.
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I think we are slow this week. I'm going to try and stop by the Bosch shop and see if I can look at one.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x8B6C54ggY&feature=related
I'm looking for feedback on how EASY it is to use.I've heard a lot of complaints over the years like above about how these things do not work, but it is always a matter of time, patience and technique. The gadget works, but the operator fails to calibrate it or slow down and read it right. Not just some magic wand you wave at the wall and suddenly a girl in an elf costume whispering in your ear that she knows where the stud is
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I'm curious about the same thing. If it can find rebar accurately that would be a big bonus to me.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x8B6C54ggY&feature=related
Check these guys out for cheapest price:
http://www.toolup.com/productinfo.asp?pid={956DB78E-8050-4412-B850-68617B30A93C
I heard that the bosch elec. detection was sooo good that it could even find 12v panasonic batteries hidden in a wall!!! :)Live by the sword, die by the sword....choose your sword wisely.
this was interesting...
Country of Origin: Czech Republic
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Link not working for me.Playing with my old one last night, it hit on wedding ring behind a scrap of sheetrock at almost 2"
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If you go to toolup.com and type in "bosch digital" it should come up. They have it listed for $84.99 w/ free shipping.
Hope this helps.Live by the sword, die by the sword....choose your sword wisely.
What do you know, they are cheaper than the Bosch. Which model do you think I should get?http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000NZTCP6/ref=nosim/?tag=mexp15-20&creative=380333&creativeASIN=B000NZTCP6&linkCode=asnhttp://www.amazon.com/dp/B000QU3P06/ref=nosim/?tag=mexp15-20&creative=380333&creativeASIN=B000QU3P06&linkCode=asnhttp://www.amazon.com/dp/B000WQ1AJ2/ref=nosim/?tag=mexp15-20&creative=380333&creativeASIN=B000WQ1AJ2&linkCode=asnI am definetly putting this on my Xmass list!
Those should be able to find studs.
I'm guessing this doesn't last the hour...
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Elves am gooooooooooood.
No problem with stud location here boss. No sireee ...
Went to my favorite tool store today to check out the stud finder. They are also the local Bosch dealer. It seemed pretty cool. The guy gave me a brief demo on it. He wasn't a good demonstrator but I got the gist of it. He did find brick ties in a brick wall for me. I thought that was kind of cool. They had them at $15.00 more then the online deals posted here. I just wasn't in the mood to pull the trigger today. But I will probably end up with one eventualy. They also had the Bosch laser measuring tool at $20.00 cheaper then the online version. I need to research that baby as it looks like it will be handy to have.
"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure." Dan Quayle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x8B6C54ggY&feature=related
That is pretty good to find light metal in masonry!
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Yea I thought so. I've gotten by so long without one that I can wait to pull the trigger. But I'm 90 percent sure that that's the one I want if and when I do go for it.
"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure." Dan Quayle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x8B6C54ggY&feature=related
how did your tool trial go? or are you snowed in? I been getting worn out with plowing and shoveling.
But we got our next new job tented in just ahead of wind and snow so we'll survive. Most of what I have lined up right now is outside work. big storm predicted sunday too.
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tommorrow is the big day....
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tomorrow is Sunday You going looking for the big stud in the sky?;)
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yup...
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WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
I saw the Bosch laser measure tool at the store the other day, and was wishing I didn't already have a Stanley Fat Max. Cest le vie.
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Piffin,
I have ordered form CPO Bosch twice. The chop saw stand had a broken locking pin on the leg. I received a new leg, and the tool to install it 4 day's later. No complaint's
Dennis
I think the two are different...
I'll compare latter this week with a hands on...
I have the same one as Piffin...
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That one didn't get drowned, sold, or stolen? Hmm weird.
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Hello. You seem to have dropped out of this conversation after getting cornered again like the tool swapping thread.
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you have all the answers...
you don't need any from me...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Nope. Your "Stories" seem to change. A lot. Pretty crazy how this tool inventory expands and contracts.
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Home Desperate was supposed to have sold off the wholesale division which included White Krap a coupla of months ago. Now its in the hands of the vulture capitalists. (At the last minute a surprising reduction in the purchase price of some 1.5 B. Something about the credit crunch back in Oct. ) I would think either a bigger fish comes along and eats the whole thing again or it gets resold back to the original S. Cal owners for a third time. Those guys already did an IPO of it back in the mid 90's, retook it private in the late 90's and then sold it again the HD. I'm sure they could get some of their real esate buddies to help them buy it off the former HD Wholesale carcass.
But I haven't seen much of a change in the local yard. Other than putting up locked fences to keep me out of checking inventory before going to the sales desk to have them tell me its not in stock, and them then saying they'll check anyway and then finding all kinds...
when it went to HD in no time flat it was time to shop else where....
I didn't keep up with it's flucuations but every time I returned on the chance that just maybe - .......
I asked me.... now why did I even bother...
been some time sice I was there....
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WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
did HD turn KelWelCo loose????
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Kel WelCo was bought by White Cap. So I assume that it is still part of White Cap..
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
maybe they'll return to more of what they were like....
then what they became...
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WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
That I don't know.
Now remember, just test it on the walls, dont go sticking it on yourself listening to all the bells and whistles going off....... :)Live by the sword, die by the sword....choose your sword wisely.
got it...
some much for the amusement angle...
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Thirty days is just on the instant cash back.
The tool warrantee is a year.You DO need to use the instructions on most tools though.
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Have to see if the Depot will stock one - then I can wing it back if ...Should probably look at Ganahls or Orco or WhiteCap.Will it find a box the DW boys buried in the bathroom? Really should be a light over the sink.The ToolBear
"Never met a man who couldn't teach me something." Anon.
Have to see if the Depot will stock one - then I can wing it back if ...
Should probably look at Ganahls or Orco or WhiteCap.
http://www.cpobosch.com doupt if the BB's have it... whitecap is Home Desperate.. good luck there...
Will it find a box the DW boys buried in the bathroom? Really should be a light over the sink.
yup...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
"whitecap is Home Desperate.."WAS!.
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
that's good news....
maybe...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Have to see if the Depot will stock one - then I can wing it back if ...Should probably look at Ganahls or Orco or WhiteCap.http://www.cpobosch.com doupt if the BB's have it... whitecap is Home Desperate.. good luck there...Will it find a box the DW boys buried in the bathroom? Really should be a light over the sink.yup...@@@@@@@@@@@@No luck at Ganahls. No stuf finder. No 2x6 fascia. Off to get 2x6 fascia, order called in. Papers at willcall. No got. No got rack for it. It's in their system, somewhere. HD had it.The ToolBear
"Never met a man who couldn't teach me something." Anon.
The best stud finder you'll ever find:
STUD4SURE
It's very strong magnet that finds the fasteners in drywall. It works 100% and is $15.
The best stud finder you'll ever find:STUD4SUREIt's very strong magnet that finds the fasteners in drywall. It works 100% and is $15.@@@@@@@@@@@@@@Got one in the drill bag. I should give it a try. It would work on this new house siding.The ToolBear
"Never met a man who couldn't teach me something." Anon.
I bought one a few months ago.
As a stud finder, it's a little better than the Zircons, though it indicates studs before hitting the leading edge, and takes longer to drop out past the trailing edge as you drag it across the wall.
To be honest, though, I would buy it again just based on the annoying electrical detector. It senses live wires within the walls, though how deep I can't say for certain. But whenever I drag it near a switch or receptical, the detector chirps away. And knowing that there are live wires in a wall that someone is thinking about altering is nice. (Someone wanted to shorten an apparent blank wall, but one wave of the Bosch and I discovered the wall to be a cable chase, confirmed by pulling up the attic floorboards above.)
I haven't used the metal detector much, other than to find drywall screws and nails, which it does well.
I'm glad I bought it, and would buy it again. The electrical detector is on constantly, which can be annoying when searching for studs or metal in a wall with cable inside.
One word of caution; the On-Off switch is actually the third pushbutton on the right, and is prone to be pushed inadvertanly through the soft case Bosch provides.
Hope this helps.
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Hey thanks!Does it turn self off automaticly after a certain time too?
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Does it turn self off automaticly after a certain time too?
It shuts off after approximately 5 minutes.
During the cold months I carry a bag to/from the van that contains batteries/glue/anything prone to freeze damage, and just because I haven't found a home for it yet (make that, carved out a volume big enough) I keep it in the bag as well. Twice I've found it whining in the bag after having the on/off switch bumped. And in the metal detector mode, there was enough metal in the batteries in the bag to set it off. So now I keep it in the wood detector mode, which requires the Zoom button be depressed to activate the detector.
When there are live wires in the wall, and I'm looking for studs in the same vacinity, you can turn off the audible signal. So the ring indicator will flash, telling you there are live wires, and then you watch the display screen that will indicate the presence of a sud (or metal, if you're in that mode.)
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Thanks for the review and photo. We have enough interesting things in walls on the remodels that any sort of edge would help. My favorite was the broken J box hidden in a wall and foamed in place. Several circuits in it. Took some work getting the foam off to find the box. Few other code violations in that house.The ToolBear
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So it actualy detects studs and metal seperatly? I didn't get that from the demo I had yesterday. I asked the guy about that and he rolled his eyes at me and said that it had to detect the nail to find the stud. I thought I asked a stupid question. Maybe I didn't.
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The typical cheaper ones use a magnetic technology to locate metal or sense an electrical current. They cannot find a copper or AL wire with no electrons movingto create a field.I may be wrong, but I think mine older one was a sort of microwave or some other advanced technology that could detect based on density rather than just ferrous material. It could find things other than just metal. But I think that it was so sensitive in the metalmode that it picked up nail;s that the zircons would miss, making it easier to locate studs.I don't know the answer really, but I don't think it was a stupid question at all.
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I'm begining to think it was a good question. When I get it all figured out, I might go back there and hold a class. Like I said earlier the guy didn't do a good demo at all. That tool store is great but you have to get the right guy or your wasting your time.
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Edited 12/15/2007 2:57 pm ET by Gunner
I have been thinking on something related to this today, and would really like to understand it more. That is the technology they are starting to use for scanning people at airports. Some is metal scanning and some is X-rays, but I think there is advanced stuff being worked in too that sees more better.Give us some time and we'll have a combo unit that we can set up to take a picture of the wall. It will combine thermal imaging, magnetics, and all that stuff to computer-generate a vision of what the wall looks like inside! We won't need to call the BIL superman with the X-ray eyes to come over and check it out anymore.And it will only cost a million or so!'course with inflation, that'll be chunk change by then.Besides, it'll be a good investment for finding cash stashed in walls.
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I just went to school on metal detectors. It gets really deep.
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Edited 12/15/2007 3:06 pm ET by Gunner
Two different modes; one for studs, one for metal. It will detect live wires or dead, the dead would be indicated as just metal.
To be honest, it locates studs as well as any other detector, but if the DW has pulled away from the stud somewhat, it might not find it. In that case, I use the metal mode to find the fastener holding the DW to the stud.
Probably the thing that makes the tool nice, is that they have taken a good metal detector and current detector, and an average stud finder, and combined them into one convenient package.
I carry a small metal dector and ac current detector in my bucket, which this would replace, if I weren't so afraid that it wouldn't last for long riding with the hammer, chisels, and pliers. (No pockets in the Bucket Boss big enough that are available.)
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Thanks. So it does work like a sonar I guess.
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The Bosch stud finder looks a lot like the Zircon and... functionally, it looks like the same tool. Bosch is not averse to re-branding. The US patent numbers on my Zircon are 561928, 5913714, 6023159 and D47166. Do those numbers match the numbers on your Bosch?
There are no patent numbers on the Bosch that I could find. I have a number of Zircons, none of which can detect live cables within a wall, nor detect metal like the Bosch.
Who owns Zircon, anyway?
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no comparison...
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