Anyone come across a flexible wood bit?

JohnB47

I'm installing a new, sunken, two gang mains socket in a brick and plaster wall. I've cut the hole and made a track down behind the skirting board only to find that the floorboard underneath is right up against the wall.


I'll probably bash my way through it somehow but I wondered if there was such a thing as a flexible drill bit with an end that would go through wood. It needs to be slim mind - no more than 1 cm at most.


Does such a thing exist? Ta.

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Toolzone-APT0936-APE-Flexible-Drill-Shaft/dp/B001JDGMGS

If it still won't get close enough to the wall, try a very long drill bit as well.

JohnB47

Cheers. I'll have to wait 'til I get home from work to view that. No access to Amazon from here.


I do have a long (masonry) drill bit but I might need to dig more plaster off the wall to get the drill at the right angle.


I'll get there in the end - I just want to do the least damage on the way.


Ho hum.

martinsurrey

jack_pott wrote: »

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Toolzone-APT0936-APE-Flexible-Drill-Shaft/dp/B001JDGMGS

If it still won't get close enough to the wall, try a very long drill bit as well.

OP can use the linked adaptor and just chase the wall a bit deeper to get the bit flush with the wall, going to need to patch the wall anyway so whats a bit more filler needed!

fordfocus-chav-car

Long SDS bit is the way to do it...
I spent twenty years rewiring houses & that was always the fastest way.