How much weight can a metal stud hold?

I'm in the planning process of making a VERY LARGE puppet (3'6'' long and at least 11' Wide), however, the puppet needs to be light enough where I am able to hold it up in the air. However, I'm planning for the puppet to have large moveable wings. I...

I live in a small condo. My room is 10' x 12' and I'm looking to make some room. I have been looking at Loft Beds and I want to get one. The only problem I am running into is how much weight can they hold? I weigh 280lbs and I want to make sure that...

I want to hang a 37 in lcd tv and i know i could do it with 2 studs but the problem is that i only have one stud in the middle of area where i want to put it. If i use 2 studs it would not be centered. So will one stud hold the tv?

Hi I am getting a 2014 tao tao vip 50cc scooter I weight around 275lbs will it hold my weight Thanks I believe it will but would be slower

I have an old weight bar that I'm thinking about using for the bar that holds the arm and the counter-weight on a trebuchet. Its going to be flinging 25 lb pumpkins so it needs to support a substantial amount of weight. The weight is going be held by...

I am putting a darts board up on a stud wall between 2 bedrooms and I want to do it properly and drill so it's solidm, but I want to know if you can buy raw plugs for stud walls as normal plugs won't have anything to grip to? Can you buy these or am...

You know, those metal bars. For instance, If I wanted to hang upside down, like you always did as a kid on a bar with the bar in your knees- would it hold my weight? at 125 lbs?