I PHONE STUD FINDER???

nachogrande · May 22, 2018

Being able to see behind your walls like a video looked pretty cool. I need to get a look at where some pipes actually are & their condition. The old awl/ice pick & hoping the studs are 16" apart, then spackling/painting the misses, aint cutting it. The old 9V battery types never worked too well for me. Anyone have experience with them?

ladder13 · May 22, 2018

Would it work well at a no tell motel?

Telecaster · May 22, 2018

There's at least one free stud-finder app which would find any ferrous metal behind a wall. It wouldn't find PVC or copper unless there's a steel screw of other fastener.

nachogrande · May 22, 2018

I SUPPOSE

ladder13 said:
Would it work well at a no tell motel?

IF the action is inside the walls.

In the promo you could see a mouse scurrying about clear as day.

rwsmith · May 22, 2018

We didn't need one...

ladder13 said:
Would it work well at a no tell motel?

We were at a motel out west and the couple next door sounded like they were in the same bed we were.

PS: It was hilarious.

Ok, studs. I can usually find them by tapping the wall back and forth and listening to the sound change. If not, they have a simple magnetic deal that might help that detects nails in the stud.

THE PILGRIM · May 22, 2018

So - has anybody actually used a iPhone stud Finder?
I see free ones and $ ones.
So are any of the free ones any good?

DWalt · May 22, 2018

I have a stud finder, but it seemingly doesn't work on the principle of magnetically detecting nails. It takes a little time to develop a feel for using it, but after you do, it performs well. Mine is called the "StudSensor II" and I've owned it for many years. I also have a magnetic stud finder and it works OK for me.

BC38 · May 22, 2018

I can understand how a magnetic one would work - assuming there is some kind of magnetic sensor in an iPhone (possibly the compass).

But what is built into an iPhone that supposedly will detect a mouse? Are they building a miniature x-ray machine or some kind of tiny sonar into Apple products these days?

THE PILGRIM · May 22, 2018

Wow! These little beauties never cease to amaze me.
Apple software uses this instrument to find the direction the iPhone is pointed in, but you can also use the magnetometer to measure the strength of magnetic fields. ... Starting with the iPhone 3GS, all iPhones have a built-in magnetometer.

Farmer17 · May 22, 2018

I have a small Ryobi camera that I paid about 80 bucks for at Lowes that blue tooth connects to my I phone. You would need to drill a 1/4" hole and stick the flexible lighted tube camera in but you can see very well. I own a construction company and it works great and is pretty helpful.

Rustyt1953 · May 22, 2018

Ruthie has to turn the app off when I'm in the room.

Doug M. · May 22, 2018

So many things to say, none of which are prudent.

TX-Dennis · May 22, 2018

I have one of the 9v. battery ones. DeWalt, I believe. It's all but useless. 16" centers? Not my house. The load bearing external walls are 24" on center. The interior walls are all non load bearing, and they are just placed at random intervals. It's like the framing crew was drunk or maybe they couldn't afford a measuring tape or something. The only place I can count on finding a stud is at the corner and at doors. Everything else is just random.

And don't even get me started about the shelving in the closets. They were just finish nailed into the drywall. Nothing attached to the studs at all. Add a little weight, and kaboom! When the shelving in the master closet fell at 3am a few weeks after we moved in I thought some one had broken in. I was relieved to find that our clothes and whatzits were all over the floor instead. I had to redo all the shelving in all the closets and utility rooms to attach them to studs. None of them were originally.

nachogrande · May 22, 2018

I FEEL YOUR PAIN.

TX-Dennis said:
I have one of the 9v. battery ones. DeWalt, I believe. It's all but useless. 16" centers? Not my house. The load bearing external walls are 24" on center. The interior walls are all non load bearing, and they are just placed at random intervals. It's like the framing crew was drunk or maybe they couldn't afford a measuring tape or something. The only place I can count on finding a stud is at the corner and at doors. Everything else is just random.

And don't even get me started about the shelving in the closets. They were just finish nailed into the drywall. Nothing attached to the studs at all. Add a little weight, and kaboom! When the shelving in the master closet fell at 3am a few weeks after we moved in I thought some one had broken in. I was relieved to find that our clothes and whatzits were all over the floor instead. I had to redo all the shelving in all the closets and utility rooms to attach them to studs. None of them were originally.

I just converted a 54" wide clothing closet into a linen closet. (added shelves) The carpentry job must have been done on a put the stud wherever you feel like day. That sorta looks like 16", no levels on that job site obviously.

LoboGunLeather · May 22, 2018

During my years as a home builder and contractor my office staff always wanted to borrow my stud finder every weekend. They never returned it to me.

It always worked pretty well for me. Maybe it worked pretty good for the office ladies.

rwsmith · May 23, 2018

Gppd gravy

THE PILGRIM said:
Wow! These little beauties never cease to amaze me.
Apple software uses this instrument to find the direction the iPhone is pointed in, but you can also use the magnetometer to measure the strength of magnetic fields. ... Starting with the iPhone 3GS, all iPhones have a built-in magnetometer.

magnetometer? Good gravy!

rwsmith · May 23, 2018

If you hold......

If you hold the magnetic thingy about as high as the blocking I suppose it would pickup more nails than just those in the wallboard.

nachogrande · May 23, 2018

MAGNETS???

YEAH, a magnet will find nails/screws but that don't mean they are in studs, let alone in the center of a stud. I've YET to find anything more accurate than an awl/ice pick, then HOPE they put the stud in somewhat level, and 16" apart.

Onomea · May 23, 2018

Wait!

Does anyone have an iPhone stud finder app that they like?

(Sounds like a great idea if it works.)

DeathGrip · May 23, 2018

For a good time call 867 5309.

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