Am I a genius or am I reinventing the wheel?

[Ravenvalor]

Have you tried the rackateers wooden ball drill centering device?

I have to admit that this is the first time I've seen them.

 

[stew]

I just cut the nails on the existing box with a SawZall, pull the box out, fish my wires, and install a remodel box.

Just did this yesterday. Don’t think I have a pic.

Perfect. Thats the way ive always done it. Saves a fight. And time.

 

[ritelec]

I have really bad luck with those long flex bits. Either I can't get them to go through the top plate or I end up drilling though the wall.

HA !!!!! Roof !

 

[kwired]

HA !!!!! Roof !

Well if you go through the roof you were usually a little more careless as you should sort of known how far you can push that bit before it is too far. Especially if not at the low end of the roof where you are drilling.

 

[retirede]

Well if you go through the roof you were usually a little more careless as you should sort of known how far you can push that bit before it is too far. Especially if not at the low end of the roof where you are drilling.

Maybe thats a cathedral ceiling?

 

[kwired]

Maybe thats a cathedral ceiling?

then no different than at the low end of the roof especially if ceiling and roof are same pitch.

Besides that how were you going to access the top side once through the wall if there is little to no clearance?

 

[ritelec]

Well if you go through the roof you were usually a little more careless as you should sort of known how far you can push that bit before it is too far. Especially if not at the low end of the roof where you are drilling.

That roof peek runs perpendicular to a crawl area wall of an attic area. It is a cathedral ceiling in that room with joists and the roof, no attic.
They wanted a ceiling fixture installed so I needed to get a wire from that outlet point to the attic area. Thought I could drill straight through from attic crawl space to outlet hole, but it wasn't happening. Thought I could bend the bit enough to drill from outlet hole to crawl space.... but as you see it didn't work out.

It's hard to see from the picture but I got through a joist or two but it slid up through that peek roof gap where they leave a gap in the sheathing for the peek venting. You can see that foam mesh wrapped around the bit.

I got the wire in and chandelier up, and had to do a some roofing. From what I recall it wasn't as bad as it looks. A roofing nail or two and some roof cement. Could have been worse. (could have been better too )