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& Hardware

heavy-duty

Wall Anchors

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10 ShopNotes No. 1)2

A Toggle Bolt. A;< eccoomtcai choice for hanging cabinets, Me $pwg leaded v/inys of 3 toggle bolt (fislrilio(s weight over e iricfe

snap open WHe/1 pustted through pilot hole

Can't find a wall stud? These fasteners will solve the problem of hanging heavy loads.

Alter completing a shop cabinet. I went tu hang it on the wa 11 near my workbench — no problem, right' Wi'Il, rtiere wasn't a stud in a convenient place to hang the cabinet right where 1 wanted it. So I made a trip to the hardware store to look for another solution.

I ended up mounting the cabinet using some hollow-wall anchors. These fasteners distribute the weight of a project over a wide area so you don't need to hit a suid.

But not just any wall anchor will do the job. Here's a look at sorru-I wavy-duty anchors you can rely on You should have no trouble

finding them at a km)ware store, home center, or you can refer to sources on page ft 1. (If your shop has solid, masonry walls, you'll want to take a look ;it the box on the oppesitv page for a lew options )

TOfiGlE BOLTS

One ot the most familiar and common anchors you'll find at the hardware store is a toggle bolt, as shown in the photo above, There an¹ .i couple of reasons why toggle bolts are so popular First, they're inexpensive, (ihe -V bolls shown cost about 311 cents) The second reason for tlmii popularity is that they'll hold a lot of weight (up lo 70 lbs. tor each bolt).

Downsides. Although a toggje bolt sounds perlec.t, it does have a few downsides. Ihe first is thai they can be tricky to use when mounting cabinets. The wings need In be attached to the * rew when it's installed io Ihe wall. So you'll have to insert the screw through

the cabinet back first. Then you can thread the wings on raid prey. ti«m through the hole in the wall, as in the photo above.

fhis leads me lo the other drawback or toggle bolts- If you ever need to remove Ihe cabinet, die wings will fall into Ihe bottom of the stud cavity.

SELF-DRILLING TOfifiLE

To address the problems with toggle bolts, you can turn to a self-drilling tr&Rle. This type of anchor has two advantages over toggle Kills. First, the anchor can be driven into dry wall with just a screwdriver — without drilling a pilot hole first,

The second advantage is the anchor stays in place without the screw. This makes it ea sy to mount or reposition the cabinet,

Youcanseehow the fi y.gle works in tlx- photos below. As th>.- screw is driven into the anchor, i I lips r the toggle free. The dweads

Toggle is tucked inside anchor