"Michael Roback" wrote in message
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Want to check something out here! I had a "cabinet maker/finish
carpenter"
install some kitchen cabinets. When I looked at the hanging ledgers I
noticed that he had drilled about 5-6 holes through the cabinet for every
connection point until he found the stud. When asked why he didn't use a
stud finder, he replied ... they don't work. Why he didn't nail pilot
nails
in the wall so all I would have is nail holes to spackle I don't know?
Question is, with multiple holes drilled in a row spaced a quarter of an
inch which penetrate/break/ the venier of the strip, isn't the integrity
of
the connection compromised and doesn't it present a possible failure in
the

Your "cabinet hanger" was totally incompetent. Even the most inexperienced
real carpenter would be able to hang cabinets by putting holes only where
the studs are, even without a stud finder. A stud finder is very handy,
but I reliably found studs for many years through a combination of measuring
and tapping on the wall.