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Sometimes it just isn't worth going around the corner. I've seen guys spend 45 minutes trying to get around the corner in order to save 2 dollars worth of wire.

So the first trick is to know how to choose your battles.
 
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I'm lost, how is it difficult to drill a hole through a corner?
It's not as difficult as building a jet airplane, I guess, but certainly not as easy as pissing out beer. eheh.

Do you know of a drill bit that's made specifically for drilling through corners, or do you simply try to line up the holes then fish the wire through? Fishing multiple wires through the same hole is quite a bit tougher than poking them through a single stud.
Just looking to make life a little easier if at all possible...
 
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Sometimes it just isn't worth going around the corner. I've seen guys spend 45 minutes trying to get around the corner in order to save 2 dollars worth of wire.

So the first trick is to know how to choose your battles.

you make an interesting point and may have even seen me at work :)

Tell me, though, What alternatives would you use instead of going around the corners? For instance, lets say a room has some open attic space to crawl around in. Would you rather crawl around in the attic in horse hair insulation and drop all of the wires down through the top plates? If so, would you have the recs fed from a junction box above the room, then send a home run back to the main panel from there?
 
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Cole,

That drill bit does look pretty awesome, but wouldn't seem practical for getting around too many corners in a remodel. The shaft is too long, and drywall already installed on the backside of a stud would prohibit the movement needed to make the corner. Also, I can't imagine code enforcement allowing me to run wire through a hole that not only compromises the strength of the stud, but also has the wire exposed to the potential nail penetration.

I still want one though :)
 
It's not as difficult as building a jet airplane, I guess, but certainly not as easy as pissing out beer. eheh.

Do you know of a drill bit that's made specifically for drilling through corners, or do you simply try to line up the holes then fish the wire through? Fishing multiple wires through the same hole is quite a bit tougher than poking them through a single stud.
Just looking to make life a little easier if at all possible...
Around corners, I usually only put one wire per hole. Most of the time it's not too difficult, just be patient and line your holes up. If need be, fish a single conductor through first and use it as a pull wire.
 
Normally you can poke through on corners, but if it's a really tricky one then push a piece of scrap quad in one hole then grab a piece of metal fish tape bent with a hook on the other. Shove the fish in and give it a spin and pull out the wire.
 
you make an interesting point and may have even seen me at work :)

Tell me, though, What alternatives would you use instead of going around the corners? For instance, lets say a room has some open attic space to crawl around in. Would you rather crawl around in the attic in horse hair insulation and drop all of the wires down through the top plates? If so, would you have the recs fed from a junction box above the room, then send a home run back to the main panel from there?

If I'm drilling around a corner, there's no reason to 'crawl around in the attic full of horse hair'...... The room's been gutted.

90% of the time, it's just a matter of lining up two holes, one from each direction.
 
Cole,

That drill bit does look pretty awesome, but wouldn't seem practical for getting around too many corners in a remodel. The shaft is too long, and drywall already installed on the backside of a stud would prohibit the movement needed to make the corner. Also, I can't imagine code enforcement allowing me to run wire through a hole that not only compromises the strength of the stud, but also has the wire exposed to the potential nail penetration.

I still want one though :)
Nice demo. Now put the exterior sheathing in the way. :whistling
I don't think you can use it the way the video does, but if you drill from each side and they don't line up the greatest. You can wobble it around and get them to connect with each other,

Cole
 
Well maybe I am doing it wrong, but I am so used to using fish wires what I do is:
Use my level to mark two holes
Use a piece of 12awg solid - bare ground wires are good, got plenty
Put an almost 90 degree bend in it.
Fish it through one hole, then into the other

If its really hard....like I can't see anything: then I use a variation of 480's YouTube and do the same thing, but with one wire instead of the whole Romex. Then I use the one wire as a pull.
 
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