other use for pinpointer

[Count de Washers]

Hi,

I use my pinpointer to check walls for cables etc before drilling. It is far more powerful than the DIY cable finders I have had.

It won't tell you if a cable is live but I don't want to be drilling any cables, dead or live.

Anyone else doing this?

[figgis]

Ho yus indeedy

I also use one as a stud finder in a timber stud wall. Waft it about until you get a signal and follow it down: if you get more signals in a vertical line, you have your stud

[Blackadder43]

I was actually scared to open this thread and read it
And now Figgis explaining he uses his for finding "studs"

Luckily i only use mine for probing In the holes i dig looking for metal objects that someone lost centuries ago

[figgis]

[Rah7265]

Well Mr Blackadder, your comments made me smile in fact I had a smutty snigger!

I have another use for my pinpointer, I use it to find old nail in reclaimed timber before I cut or plane it, 5 minutes with the pinpointer prevents big tool sharpening bills.

[Emily]

Hi,

I use my pinpointer to check walls for cables etc before drilling. It is far more powerful than the DIY cable finders I have had.

It won't tell you if a cable is live but I don't want to be drilling any cables, dead or live.

Anyone else doing this?

An excellent use of a pin-pointer if I’ve ever heard one!!

[stanslad]

I'm always using my Pinpointer at work, looking for cables or pipes in walls & floor, the foil backed plaster board can be a pain though,
the Pinpointer has also located a chewed up AAA battery in the farmers puppy, before it went to the vet!
Clint

[Rah7265]

Well I’ve never heard of a battery in a real dog, my son tries to find the micro chips in our dog and his ferrets with his Garrett carrot.

[Count de Washers]

Great replies everyone, and a bit of a giggle too!

[Easylife]

I was actually scared to open this thread and read it

Me too, it seems that smutty minds think alike!