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Lumber Wizard 5 Metal Detector for Woodworking

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Arrives Tuesday, Aug 4
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Features

  • Detects hidden nails, screws, staples, wire, and metal fragments before they destroy your $30-$100+ planer, jointer, or saw blades. An essential safety tool prevents flying metal injuries in your workshop.
  • Simply turn on and scan - no manual calibration needed. Bright red laser line pinpoints exact metal location on wood surface. Works instantly every time, unlike competitors requiring constant adjustments.
  • Perfect for salvaged timber, pallet wood, antique furniture restoration, and any recycled wood projects. Detects small finishing nails to large bolts up to 1" deep in all wood types.
  • Laser light ensure you never miss a detection, even with planers and saws running. One-handed operation, 40+ hour battery life, lightweight 13 oz design for comfortable extended use.
  • From Wizard Industries, the original woodworking metal detector manufacturer since 1999. Industry-leading 1-year replacement warranty with exceptional customer service. Detects all metal types: steel, stainless, aluminum, zinc, magnesium.
  • Protect expensive woodworking equipment before costly damage happens. Quickly scan reclaimed boards, beams, slabs, flooring, and lumber prior to cutting, planing, routing, or milling operations.
  • Designed for professional woodworkers, sawmills, cabinet shops, carpenters, DIY users, and woodworking hobbyists who demand reliable metal detection before every cut.
  • Audible alert plus bright laser guidance helps identify dangerous embedded metal fast, reducing downtime, ruined blades, damaged equipment, and wasted materials.
  • Compact ergonomic handheld design stores easily in your shop, toolbox, truck, or woodworking station. Rugged construction built for daily workshop and jobsite use.
  • Trusted by woodworkers and reclaimed lumber users worldwide for over 27 years. A proven woodworking safety tool helping protect tools, machinery, materials, and craftsmanship.

Brand: Wizard Distribution


Color: Black


Batteries Required?: Yes


Material: Metal,Wood


Power Source: Battery Powered


Are Batteries Required: Yes


Power Source: Battery Powered


Battery Average Life: 40 Hours


Extended Length: 15 Inches


Adjustable Length: Yes


Operating Frequency: 13 KHz


search coil size: 6 Inches


Display Type: Laser-Line


Item Weight: 16 ounces


Item Dimensions L x W x H: 15"L x 3.13"W x 1.13"H


International Protection Rating: IP65


Brand Name: Wizard Distribution


Recommended Uses For Product: Metal Detection


Model Number: Lumber Wizard 5


Manufacturer: WIZARD INDUSTRIES


UPC: 721633123545 721633111269


Manufacturer Part Number: Lumber Wizard 5


Color: Black


Material Type: Metal,Wood


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If you place your order now, the estimated arrival date for this product is: Tuesday, Aug 4

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Top Amazon Reviews


  • No more destroyed tools
Should have bought this sooner
Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2023 by Kindle Customer

  • Cool gadget
Impressed with the quality. Does exactly what I need it to do. Would buy from this seller again thanks !!
Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2023 by L. Robinson

  • Blade saver
Has already paid for itself by detecting nails in logs before putting through the sawmill. The nails would have ruined blades
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2023 by mb

  • Excellent product.
It works as advertised. Will save us some blades in the future. The instructions are on the back of the display card in small print. The device is not intuitive and instructions are needed.
Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2023 by Ronald L. Wensley

  • I Got What I Paid For
Over due for one of these by about forty years, I took the plunge and gambled my $140.00 would be well spent. The non-Prime shipping was quick and the package was well wrapped. - This is a large unit, so you'll have to work at it to lose it in the shop. - The controls are easy to use. - Adjusting the unit is easy. The nylon screw for turning the trimming potentiometer (to control senitivity) is accessible from the top. Just follow the simple directions. That includes keeping the Wizard far from things like your cabinet saw or other large iron or metal objects when making adjustments. - The unit sounded when ran over aluminum, copper and metal or iron. I tested the unit by trying to find 1/2" long, sixteen gauge brads in plywood. It performed as stated [and I hoped]. Each attempt to find metal objects held under one of my 3/4" plywood topped carts, with a layer of laminate, was successful. This could be useful in the future, since I've had trouble finding screws that had to be removed to disassemble items. As they say, expensive tools only hurt once. Now that I have it, if this saves me from dulling a couple band saw or table saw blades, those saves will not only, effectively, pay part of the cost of the detector by my not having to spend money to replace or sharpen blades, but will save me a LOT of time I, otherwise, would have spent resharpening a band saw blade or hauling a fine table saw blade to the sharpener. Too, there is the matter of reduced frustration of losing time swapping blades. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2017 by Dejure

  • Great value!
Just received and haven't actually tested it on wood yet. I did a quick home test with a small bread bag twist tie. The kind with a very thin wire (Thinner than a pin nail). It accurately detected the beginning and end of the wire through a 480 page book. I think it will work just fine.
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2023 by Richard

  • Great tool and SUPER GREAT Service!
Oh man, I would love to have this kind of service with all vendors. I bought this tool last year in July since I got a ton of old Pine Heart lumber...from a barn over 100 years old. They were up to 2.5 inches thick, very heavy. And this tool was great! It detected it all, it was fast, self calibrating, and I was able to plane and saw the lumber without any issue. It was KEY to have a save and rewarding woodworking experience. This year I planned to used the lumber again, and for some reason the wizard was nor working right...I always try to test it with a nail or something under the board in order to make sure it will detect anything inside of the board...and it was erratic. I tried changing batteries, but without luck. So, I read it had 1 year of warranty..I shoot them an eMail...and I got an immediate response, replacement was on it's way! No questions asked! I had the new wizard in my hands just 3 days later!!! It is so amazing. I'd do business again with them anytime!!! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2021 by Pedro Fehlauer

  • He performs as advertised
I’m able to find a small screw 1 inch below wood surface.
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2022 by MiMi

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