FAQ

Acorn International - 4290 Delp Street, Memphis, TN 38118 - [phone]
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5 - WHY WAS STUDMASTER CREATED / MANUFACTURED?
People always need to mount millwork and Tvs to the walls. They also need to hang paintings mirrors and
maybe some IKEA too.
In a wood framed home this is a breeze. In an apartment, skyscraper or metal framed home this is a real
task.
Previously, screwing into metal studs was like screwing into a pop can. easy to get in and impossible to
get a grip. Everything you screw into a metal stud strips far too easily.
So for years contractors actually cut open the wall to fill it with plywood so they have something to
screw this equipment to, but they can’t do this till after they cut open and repair a wall. It’s time
consuming and expensive. I thought we should be able to screw straight to that metal stud. After
extensive research and development we arrived at an optimal design that is both easy to twist in and
nearly impossible to strip. We made a fastener that the average person can understand how to use (after
all it’s just like a wood framed home, find the center of the stud and attach your heavy goods to it) and a
contractor can make money by using.
Using this fastener eliminates the need to add plywood to the inside of flimsy metal studs.
Now anyone can screw directly to the studs and get big weights up fast and securely, In a fraction of the
time for a fraction of the cost.
Surely being careful to locate the center of a stud is far easier than cutting open a wall, filling in the
hollows between studs inside the hole you’ve just cut with pieces of plywood, then screwing this all in,
closing up the hole ,repairing the drywall and then hanging your goods.
We wanted to make a direct route to handling these tasks such that any homeowner or contractor can
quickly and easily hang heavy goods from steel framed walls with far less work than typically needed
and no more work than installing in a wood framed home.
6 - ANY PROBLEMS INSTALLING?
The end user must be sure to locate the center of the stud and to use this only in steel stud walls (through
the drywall and directly into the steel stud.)
This is not a wall anchor or drywall anchor. This is a steel stud anchor intended to let the user mount
heavy goods directly to the structural members of the walls of ones home or office.
7 - BIGGEST SELLING FEATURES?
Screw directly to metal studs in homes Apartments and offices everywhere. Now we can all screw things
directly to those metal studs quickly and easily without a major overhaul of your walls.
NO ONE BUT US DOES THIS AND WE’RE DOING IT very WELL.
Try it for yourself and see.
Once you get it you won’t want to do it any other way.
8 - SPECS.
The StudMaster steel stud anchor is solid cast ZN3 (a zinc alloy commonly known as ZAMAK3)
this metal alloy was chosen to discourage the premature oxidizing of the zinc coated steel studs within
walls. (steel studs are coated in Zinc as a sacrificial element to protect the steel from oxidizing or rusting)
only the coating of steel studs rust when properly employed.
This keeps our product from diminishing the structural integrity of the studs we engage with down the
line.
The StudMaster is 3.5” long and made for use in steel framed walls with studs of a minimum depth if at
least 3 5/8” or typical walls in homes or apartments.