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jJim McLaughlin jJim McLaughlin is offline
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Default Low clearance drilling

John Grabowski wrote:

MUCH SNIPPED


If he was just going to pull a 14/2 Romex through I would have suggested
cutting the hole in the wall and drill down with a long flexible bit.
However he wants to pull a VGA plug into the wall which requires a much
bigger opening.



Actually, thinking about this more, it does not require a bigger hole.

Take honking long cable with VGA plugs.

Cut off one end of cable, with plug and about 6 inches of cable attached
to plug.

Drill mall diamter hole

Pull cable putting cut end of cale ito hole.

After pulling cable, get a VGA plg (Fry's, Rat Shack, etc) and solder
new plug
onto cable end. You have the cut off cable nd and old VGA plug to use as
a "pattern" so that you get orect wire color onto correct pin in VGA socket.

I've re dne VGA plugs on mnitor cables in precisely this way before.
It ain't rocket science.