metal detector

My wizard III stopped working. I tried replacing the battery, tried adjusting, but it is not consistently able to pick up my tablesaw let alone a piece of metal in wood.

I always thought it was a little too finicky.

Anyone have a very good metal detector other than the wizard??

Reply to
woodchucker
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The one used by many none-woodworker types:

They offer several different models:

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Reply to
Pat Barber

I think that there was a recent " recall " .. on a certain Wizard model .. John T.

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Reply to
hubops

mine is quite a few years old. I didn't see the recall on their website.

Reply to
woodchucker

This may be a little too low tech but 4~5 short stacks of rare earth magnets glued to a stick should be attracted to something ferrous in the wood.

A stack of about 8 rare earth magnets "IS" my stud finder that works effortlessly every time.

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Leon

well I pried the case open.

after looking for a while, and then starting to test, I found a cold solder joint, and a wire with black rot..

Soldered in a new one... and all is now ok. Reassembled with CA.

Reply to
woodchucker

Well send it to me and I'll send you some of my magnets. ;~)

Reply to
Leon

Excellent idea. I've used magnetic stud finders before but they haven't been great (not enough oomph). The ultrasound finders I have aren't real accurate. I kinda have to fumble around finding both (fuzzy edges) and split the difference. A 2x shows up as four or five inches wide. Not so good.

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krw

And the beauty to the rare earth magnets is that they stick to the wall. This is good when you walk away to pick up the pencil you just dropped before marking the spot. ;~)

If you lightly hold the magnets above the surface you will feel them almost jump out of your hand when you get near a nail or screw.

Wrap a little bit of masking tape over the end so that the magnets do not mark the wall.

Reply to
Leon

Great tips. Thanks! Now, to find my magnet stash. ;-)

Reply to
krw

Also beware when putting them together they can raise a nasty blood blister in a pinch.

Mark

Reply to
Markem

I use a single rare earth magnet on a chain to find studs. It finds it just by letting it hang and moving it around.

Reply to
woodchucker

Yeah, you don't want them flying together, that is for sure.

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Leon

Leon wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:

Someone on the Internet suggested that it's a bad idea to put one in either pants pocket... Especially the big ones.

Puckdropper

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Puckdropper

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