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Showerthought: I used to hate running wire in finished walls, now I just use a flex bit.

For the longest time, I'd cut huge holes to fish wire, but after a job in a fancy Portland remodel where the homeowner freaked about drywall dust, I bought a 72-inch flex bit. It's slower but way cleaner. Anyone have a trick for when you hit a fire block with one of those things?
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wendysanchez
Ever try a right angle drill attachment?
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the_christopher
My friend had a real mess with a flex bit last year. He was working on an old house and that bit went right into a fire block and just stopped dead. He tried to back it out and the whole thing snapped off inside the wall. Ended up having to cut a small access hole anyway to fish the piece out with a magnet. It was one of those jobs that just eats up your whole afternoon.
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kellyjones
Ever get the bit stuck? @wendysanchez, my buddy lost one in a wall forever.
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