Drill Free Magnetic Cabinet Locks - 4 Pack - $4.99 @ Amazon

[aygart]

Except of course that a nail is quite a bit smaller than a stud

[chulent613]

Except of course that a nail is quite a bit smaller than a stud

Usually the nails are in the center of the stud.

[aygart]

Usually the nails are in the center of the stud.

I meant the height

[yuneeq]

You use it to look for nails to remove?

[Moishebatchy]

You use it to look for nails to remove?

To look for nails.

[popcorn1508]

You use it to look for nails to remove?

To find the stud, so that you can install something in a piece of wood as opposed to in the sheetrock.

[Moishebatchy]

Here, I think this image explains it best, due to the missing strip of Sheetrock:



See those black dots? Those are screws, which are holding the Sheetrock onto the wooden studs (which you can see peeking through the horizontal gap in the Sheetrock). Once the wall is plastered and painted, the screws are not visible; but if not painted, each stud's location would be discernible by the telltale vertical line of screw-heads.

The fancy-shmancy tool in the person's hand is a "stud finder", that is designed to "sense" (using some creepy force like ultrasound, radar, x-ray, black magic, Kim Kardashian, etc.) when the space directly behind the Sheetrock underneath the tool's current location is hollow (between studs), and when not (a stud); however, a low-tech alternative is to simply use a magnet (such as the one in this lock set) to find one or more of the "invisible" (i.e. painted over) screw heads. Once you find a spot where the magnet sticks successfully (read: onto the head of a screw), you know there's a stud directly behind the magnet's location.

Capische?

[ckmk47]

Another low tech way of finding a stud is by tapping the wall and listening for the hollow sound when there's no stud.

[Pinreb]

Bought one and left review. Thank you.

[cubicles]

Bought one and left review. Thank you.

+1

[Barryg]

Nice...

[Work-for-ur-muny]

Finished leaving my reviews.

[Moishebatchy]

Another low tech way of finding a stud is by tapping the wall and listening for the hollow sound when there's no stud.

This is rarely effective.

[Work-for-ur-muny]

This is rarely effective.

You may be right on older houses where sheetrock was not the exact material it is today. On the new houses, though, it is an effective method. Also if you want to try it in a bathroom shower room you may also have a harder time with this method as the material for those rooms is also different because they are rooms that have lots of humidity.

[YitzyS]

Ordered one with the code and I loved it so much that I ordered a second one for full price (instead of switching accounts) cause you deserve it! Left my feedback already (under cha ser).

[yuneeq]

Thanks I really appreciate it!

[aygart]

I noticed that now that it is a "new" promo code it allows you to use it even if it was already purchased once.

[yuneeq]

I noticed that now that it is a "new" promo code it allows you to use it even if it was already purchased once.

That's fine, I didn't see anyone abuse the code and I don't mind if someone orders 2-3 sets..
Of course, if you really like the locks and wanna pay full price for the 2nd set I'm not getting in the way

[Moshe123]

I noticed that now that it is a "new" promo code it allows you to use it even if it was already purchased once.

Not by me. Tried.

[Cheesecake]

Not by me. Tried.

Worked for me, ordered another set. Tx, yuneeq.