Installing Power Strips with Multiple Keyhole slots

The power strip I just mounted on the wall has keyhole slots to anchor it.

It didn't take any talent to drive a screw in the wall for the first keyhole. But how do I do the second one so it is in the right location?

My trick was to take a flat head 6-32 screw with a nut and slide it into the second keyhole. Then I finger tightened the nut so it did not slide around. With the power strip resting on the narrow end of one keyhole on the first screw, I positioned the power strip at the desired orientation. Then I firmly pushed it against the wall. The 6-32 screw made a nice, clean depression in the drywall. It was then a matter of driving in the second screw into this depression. Of course, it has to align.


Rick

Some random thoughts on the subject...

I'm not a woodworker but long ago I bought one of their tools - a set of (blind) hole transfer punches, e.g.,

https://www.amazon.com/AUTOTOOLHOME-...s%2C113&sr=8-9

I couldn't tell you how often they've come in handy around the house. If mounting multiples, they can be used to generate a cardboard template that can be used directly on the wall.

If one sets a compass to the distance between the holes then swinging an arc from the first marked hole will show all the locations on the wall that preserve that distance. Unfortunately, I can't think of a simple, clever way to determine the point on the arc that provides the desired orientation of the power strip.

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Originally Posted by mklotz

Some random thoughts on the subject...

I'm not a woodworker but long ago I bought one of their tools - a set of (blind) hole transfer punches, e.g.,

https://www.amazon.com/AUTOTOOLHOME-...s%2C113&sr=8-9

I couldn't tell you how often they've come in handy around the house. If mounting multiples, they can be used to generate a cardboard template that can be used directly on the wall.

If one sets a compass to the distance between the holes then swinging an arc from the first marked hole will show all the locations on the wall that preserve that distance. Unfortunately, I can't think of a simple, clever way to determine the point on the arc that provides the desired orientation of the power strip.

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Transfer punches do look like very useful tools and would be easy to make.

Thanks,

Rick