I pushed the drill a little too hard from the other side. Didn’t realise the damage I’d done until I came around the other side to my wife shouting and screaming. ¯\(ツ)/¯
This will happen every time you use a hammer drill because that’s just how they work - by hammering.
Protip: use way smaller bit first to go all the way through as a pilot hole, then use the size you need and drill from either side to stop it from blowing out like this.
Also with older/crappier walls you may need to use one size smaller than you acutally need.
no worries, that’ll buff right out. besides, just remind your wonderful SO that the right of way for UTP cable is inviolable.
What’s the problem? You’ve still got the pieces, just stick it all back together.
Any fuckup you can walk away from is better than a fuckup that leaves you with no ability to walk away from it. Doesn’t mean the fuckup won’t cost you in some or many ways, but at least you can still walk.
As they say about flying, any landing you walk away from is a good landing. Being able to reuse the plane is a bonus.
