Customer Reviews

Woodworking Metal Detector Lumber Wizard III

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Woodworking Metal Detector Lumber Wizard III

I wish I could get my money back. This item will not detect a nail even in one half inch thickness of lumber - wet or dry. I purchased it to avoid such nails in my planer and resaw bandsaw. It is useless for the purpose for which it is advertised and sold. What a bummer!

Length:: 4:49 Mins

The New LUMBER WIZARD 3.2
With Deeper Detection and More Precise Tuning


Depending on temperature and humidity
it may take a few times to tune.

Please be sure to store your detector in a warm place.
Never allow it to fall below 42 degrees!

Precision Metal Detector For Locating Nails, Screws
And Other Metal Inside New and Recycled Wood.

Our Most Powerful Woodworking Detector
Instantly Locates Metal Inside Recycled Wood, New Wood or Timber

I ordered this August 29. It showed up September 8. It arrived DOA! I called the manufacturer. To their credit, they did offer to send me a replacement. When I asked for second-day shipping, they refused. I live on the East Coast - they are in California. Sepember 16 the replacement unit did finally arrive and worked this time. I have scanned quite a few boards so for. It will easily detect large nails. It will NOT find a tack on the bottom surface of a fir 2x6. It WILL find the same tack on the bottom surface of 1x stock. The build quality is totally cheap thin plastic but seems fairly solid so far. The jury is still out considering the cost!

I purchased a Lumber Wizard a few days ago. I followed the procedure to calibrate it, but found that the calibration held for only for a few hours at best. I called the Lumber Wizard folks to troubleshoot. They were helpful, but my conversation did not reveal any procedural errors on my part. After a few days of multiple calibration attempts, I gave up and I returned the item for a refund.

I should add that a salesman at our local Rockler woodworking store told me that most of the Lumber Wizards that they sold have been returned as defective.