On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:12:10 -0400, Richard Evans
wrote:

I've struggled with this for the last forty years.

I want to hang something on a drywall wall, and I want to use the
studs instead of drywall anchors. I have the damndest time finding the
studs reliably.
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Since I started using threaded drywall anchors [Zip it or E-Z] I don't
care where the stud is.

I drive a screw and if it hits a stud I'm happy. If it doesn't, I
drive one of these in the same hole and drive the screw into it.

Haven't had one fail yet. [I have had a plastic one catch the side of
a stud and break. Backed it out & now I use the metal ones.]

Jim