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Just found out my grandpa's trick for marking studs actually works

Was hanging a heavy shelf in my living room and kept missing the studs with my finder. Remembered my grandpa saying to use a strong magnet to find the drywall screws. Taped a small magnet to a string and swung it along the wall. Found every single screw line in about 5 minutes. Anyone got other old school tricks that still hold up?
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felix824
felix8241mo ago
Seriously? It's just a shelf...
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masonbell
masonbell12d ago
Wow @the_ruby actually that magnet trick works for finding hidden junction boxes too.
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the_ruby
the_ruby1mo ago
Grandpa's magnet trick beats my method of just hammering nails until one sticks.
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