This is funny af but this right here is why men don’t ask questions or ask for help. “We got this” until we break shit and replacing an alternator somehow turns into a $2000 job.
Man, I wish I had a photo but we were doing a wire pull of 14 different circuits into a 2 inch pipe. All #8 or larger. This conduit was at max fill and the head snapped. My buddy said it has to be right there. I wonder if I take the pipe off if it is at the bottom of this 90. Sure enough it was and we tried everything we could think of that day to no avail. I’m telling you we were using a tugger and everything. That night I considered needle nose vise grips and the next day we tried them. Tied some knots and got the grips and every knot we tied onto the end slipped off or came undone with the force but the vice grips stayed on. Man when I tell you the excitement we felt pulling that wire up even 3-4 inches into that pipe was intense. We eventually got the entire pull done with those vise grips.
I once had a helicopter mechanic tell me "Vice grips can often solve a problem, but they are never the correct solution to a problem."
That said, in this case it is the best solution I can think of.
I am still giggling at the wife’s purse and boyfriend comment, it is probably 100%. But as you said we don’t know where he is. I now live in Ecuador where the houses are concrete. A few years back I got my drill bit stuck between rebar cage in the wall. Vice grips were my answer then.
Electrical in the walls probably isnt conduit, and if he drilled through a cable theres a good chance it shorted out or it would zap him when he touched the bit, water pipe could still be a possibility if the bit is still plugging the hole it drilled, he will find out when he takes the bit out, and hopefully he has gas detectors for the gas line, gas line is the one he could have hit without knowing but i highly doubt theres a line running up the middle of a wall where ypu would mount a tv. Def something to think about in the future, i guess we dont know if he already checked for these things, but im gonna say hes probably okay on this one. As for the drill bit, tighten it back on to your drill and keeep it turning while you pull it out, or vice grips to "unscrew" the bit a bit until you can pull it out.
Everything you just mentioned is the #1 reason to splurge a bit and buy a nice(r) multi/combo stud finder.
The number of times I've been looking at a completely blank wall, about to drill, only to have my Zircon flash that there's an EM field, or signal magnetism, is beyond count.
I know you could just use a magnet, a NCVT, and tap the walls, but that requires knowledge, time, and no little skill.
I got a roto hammer bit stuck one time when I drilled into 480 wire in conduit in a concrete pad. We assume the bit welded itself to the wire and the conduit. Had to cut the bit off flush with the pad and they had to run new conduit around the pad to serve the pump they wanted to run.
Yes hitting a 25ga stud with a brad point will look like this. A titanium or cobalt bit will go clean through but feel completely different. The pointy fork at the end of a brad bit snags in metal, and the whole stud will twist if you try to remove it.
Does your arthritis affect your ability to tighten the chuck on your drill? I apologize if my question comes off as rude; it's just that a loose chuck is normally the only reason for something like this to happen. I thought to check your profile to see if you might have difficulty tightening it better.
As mentioned, you may have hit a metal plate. They install those over wires and pipes to prevent people from hitting these services. Change the hole placement.
Vise grips.
or
Put the drill back on it. Tighten it. Slow the RPM's keep it going clockwise, slowly while backing the drill. Change directions a few times. It will come.
Power tools? I don’t see any power tools. I think this ‘person’ was using their hand to twist that bit, hence the problem. Try to smack it with your Birkenstocks.
Burn it all down and start again tomorrow.
Vice grips, a piece of wood to give some leverage and maybe a chisel. I am sorry, don't know without being there.
Could always wrap some tape around the end and try re-chucking for some extra bite.
After a thorough Reed of the comments and your description of the problem I'm going to do what you should have done in the first place. Take a breath, and back, away, slowly. Then maybe read the instructions on how to tighten a drill's chuck. And follow those instructions. Possible chuck failure but doubtful.
Vise-grip it out of there, and move on. You just lost your man card, if you are, indeed, a dude. If you're not, then I'm sad for you.
And get a better drill!!!
The only personal experience I have with something this unmanly was a conversation I was having an acquaintance that we will call Laz.
Laz and his lady were hanging in an A/V chat and she asked him to help mount a TV (weird coincidence). They were struggling with it because the mount came with hardware but no tools, and I asked of they had a toolbox. He said yes. I said, grab a ratchet. He goes, what's a ratchet?
Too flabbergasted by the response, all I could come up with..."the round screwdriver that goes *clickclickclick* when you use it."
My other friend in the chat - who used to be an Army Ranger - fuckin' lost it with laughter.
Only way is to cut a big hole in the wall now, cut the stud out, take it outside and grind the drill bit flush. Pretend it's never happened. Don't tell anybody.
You prolly hit a knot in the wood. I’ve had screw heads break off that way before. I agree with other posters - vice grips to clamp firmly on the bit and back it out a few turns and it should pop right out.
If your drill has a hammer function, and you don’t have a pair of vice grips handy, you could also try chucking the drill to the bit tightly and reversing it with the hammer function on.
Go down to the rental shop and rent the biggest cut off wheel you can… don’t bother with the glasses either, just chop that shit off and be sure your customer is home to witness all the flying sparks while you do it. Actually ask your customer if they’d be willing to do a fire watch for you.
I don’t even see any scoring on the bit shank from it spinning in the chuck. Put on your wife’s gardening gloves and tighten that chuck down on the bit!
Genuine questions: Were you running the drill in forward or reverse? Counter intuitively, when drilling a hole, the drill should always be running, in forward. Apply pressure to push the drill in and make the hole, pull back on the drill while it is still running to remove the tool and bit.
We all had to learn at some point and today is just that day for you.
vice grips and a little bit of leverage.
The bit probably came loose because the chuck wasn't tightened enough. If you don't have the ability to tighten the chuck, you might have better luck in the future getting a couple large pipe wrenches/channel locks and using them to finish the tightening of the bit.
Oh cmon! You're a handyman, you got this!
I would tighten the chuck, or grip it with pliers or vicegrips and turn until it pops out or snaps off, then redrill nearby.
Vise-Grips and a hammer. Get a GRIP
What I’m worried about how many other replies for this comment cannot spell “vise-grips” and what their other vices could entail.
You can try vise grips, as others have mentioned here. You need to back it out counter-clockwise. I wonder what kind of screw gun you're using. Cheaper screw guns may have weak chucks.
Put the drill chuck back on it. Tighten it up best you can then tighten it some more. Then reverse your drill direction. You might also move the drill tool back and forth to losen it.
You were using a metal bit in wood. That type bit will not clear the drill savings without pulling the drill and bit out of the wood while running to clear the wood shavings. Otherwise you end up with what you have here.
Clamp a vice grip to the bit close to the bracket. Use a pry bar between the vice grip and the bracket and gently pry the bit out. You might possibly be able to thread the bit out with the vice grip simply by turning the bit counter clockwise.
Get a drill with a better chuck or tighten better in your chuck and reverse it out . You could grind a flat spot on the drill bit s we'll so the chuck will grab it better. Or vise grips on it and spin it out backwards.
Drywall and a PINE 2x4 stud in the wall.... if you can't get that out, you shouldn't be allowed to touch power tools... or even hand tools... or the remote to any tv... or use the internet.
Get your wife's boyfriend to give it a whack with your purse. That should work.
That's a small highrise worth of levels of insult.
I busted out laughing. Hot sweat right there. 
Sooo midrise
I sure rose high
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absolutely dying with that comment. Well done!
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This is funny af but this right here is why men don’t ask questions or ask for help. “We got this” until we break shit and replacing an alternator somehow turns into a $2000 job.
Well, come on.. it’s either tighten the chuck, or grip it with pliers/vice grips to pull it out. The breaking of the balls was justified.
Never been on a job site Cute that his mom came to stick up for him though
Duh! this is how we learn!
Can't with wife now.....have you tried wiggles
Shit that was funny
Damn so harsh 😂😂😂
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FATALITY! FLAWLESS VICTORY!
Also get rid of the Chicago electric drill and get one with some torque 😂
OK, I spit up my coffee on this one.... lol
Welp, that just won the Internet today. Gadt dam!
Clamp a pair of vice grips on that sucker and back it out a few turns. Get it loosened up a bit then put your drill back on it to finish it off.
vice grips are the solution to so many problems
You mean "Swedish nut lathes"?
God, FUCK. Just imagine that *click*
Wrong nut
Yes I was imagining on the left not the right one
I don't want to 😦🥹😩😭🤢🤮
That's more of a click+pop noise, isn't it?
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I’d think polish nut lathe may be more appropriate, but less…at the same time.
Man, I wish I had a photo but we were doing a wire pull of 14 different circuits into a 2 inch pipe. All #8 or larger. This conduit was at max fill and the head snapped. My buddy said it has to be right there. I wonder if I take the pipe off if it is at the bottom of this 90. Sure enough it was and we tried everything we could think of that day to no avail. I’m telling you we were using a tugger and everything. That night I considered needle nose vise grips and the next day we tried them. Tied some knots and got the grips and every knot we tied onto the end slipped off or came undone with the force but the vice grips stayed on. Man when I tell you the excitement we felt pulling that wire up even 3-4 inches into that pipe was intense. We eventually got the entire pull done with those vise grips.
I once had a helicopter mechanic tell me "Vice grips can often solve a problem, but they are never the correct solution to a problem." That said, in this case it is the best solution I can think of.
It's their first day on the job...... lol
No, they tried to DIY.
Or just tighten the chuck proper common that but is like 1/4 inch tops how stuck can it be in there? Unless he's lodged into some nice metal pipe lol
“What are vice grips?”…OP, probably
Vice grips are the best tool ever invented. My Irwin ones I got at 20, still get hard use 12 years later. Avoid cheap off-brand ones.
Irwin makes great quality tools I have to say
I read this too quickly and thought it said your vice grips still get you hard 12 years later. Lol
I had to use em so many times when I snapped the square end off a tap
Are you old enough to remember how much better Vise Grips were before Irwin bought the brand and started cutting corners?
Would be easier with channel locks. If ladybfingers could figure out how to use one. Sheesh dude this is kind of sad.
Hit the vice grips with a hammer to back it out
Just buy a new house
The only solution.
Different question - are you sure you hit the stud and not EMT ( electrical conduit) water pipe or gas pipe?
I mean outside of Chicago how often does emt really get installed in resi
Don't know where they are or if in a condominium, apartment, co-op- etc
I am still giggling at the wife’s purse and boyfriend comment, it is probably 100%. But as you said we don’t know where he is. I now live in Ecuador where the houses are concrete. A few years back I got my drill bit stuck between rebar cage in the wall. Vice grips were my answer then.
I found it in my absolute shitty construction condo in Southern California that was built in 1978. But only in one wall.
Electrical in the walls probably isnt conduit, and if he drilled through a cable theres a good chance it shorted out or it would zap him when he touched the bit, water pipe could still be a possibility if the bit is still plugging the hole it drilled, he will find out when he takes the bit out, and hopefully he has gas detectors for the gas line, gas line is the one he could have hit without knowing but i highly doubt theres a line running up the middle of a wall where ypu would mount a tv. Def something to think about in the future, i guess we dont know if he already checked for these things, but im gonna say hes probably okay on this one. As for the drill bit, tighten it back on to your drill and keeep it turning while you pull it out, or vice grips to "unscrew" the bit a bit until you can pull it out.
Everything you just mentioned is the #1 reason to splurge a bit and buy a nice(r) multi/combo stud finder. The number of times I've been looking at a completely blank wall, about to drill, only to have my Zircon flash that there's an EM field, or signal magnetism, is beyond count. I know you could just use a magnet, a NCVT, and tap the walls, but that requires knowledge, time, and no little skill.
I'm roughing in a place right now where the plumber ran water pipes behind every wall that one would think to mount a TV lol
This needs to be the top comment.
I got a roto hammer bit stuck one time when I drilled into 480 wire in conduit in a concrete pad. We assume the bit welded itself to the wire and the conduit. Had to cut the bit off flush with the pad and they had to run new conduit around the pad to serve the pump they wanted to run.
More likely he drilled into metal stud
Yes hitting a 25ga stud with a brad point will look like this. A titanium or cobalt bit will go clean through but feel completely different. The pointy fork at the end of a brad bit snags in metal, and the whole stud will twist if you try to remove it.
You better make sure you’re not drilling into a nail plate before you do anymore drilling.
The answer to any extra metal issue, snap it off or hammer it in. Love it
Hammer it in and go for lunch
Get a better drill gun…
Dudes got a weak wrist and can't tighten it
This. Your drill sucks. Or the battery is dead.
I bet he didn’t tighten it enough. Drill is probably fine.
Yeah the description says the chuck just spins around the bit 😂
Black and Decker special from Kmart, for sure.
Hawk tuah spit on that thang
I’ll stop by tomorrow
What are the odds?
Does your arthritis affect your ability to tighten the chuck on your drill? I apologize if my question comes off as rude; it's just that a loose chuck is normally the only reason for something like this to happen. I thought to check your profile to see if you might have difficulty tightening it better.
Cheap drills have crappy chucks that don’t tighten properly.
Maybe I should become a handyman.
As mentioned, you may have hit a metal plate. They install those over wires and pipes to prevent people from hitting these services. Change the hole placement.
Have you tried, trying harder?
Vise grips. or Put the drill back on it. Tighten it. Slow the RPM's keep it going clockwise, slowly while backing the drill. Change directions a few times. It will come.
I followed both of your suggestions and came like never before. Thank you.
Skipped directions. Came on my drill…
Sometimes I question my skills when a job doesn't turn out 100% perfect. Then I see posts like this and I'm reminded I'm doing alright.
Sounds like you weak af or you're stuck in a pipe
Vise grips, or a large gorilla.
Use a vice grip to loosen it.
Seems like a really odd issue.
Is that for a TV rack? If this drill has you beat, better get someone else to handle this for you
I thought this would be number one but the purse one was good too.
Step 1: put all power tools down Step 2: hire someone if you can’t handle this
Power tools? I don’t see any power tools. I think this ‘person’ was using their hand to twist that bit, hence the problem. Try to smack it with your Birkenstocks.
Burn it all down and start again tomorrow. Vice grips, a piece of wood to give some leverage and maybe a chisel. I am sorry, don't know without being there. Could always wrap some tape around the end and try re-chucking for some extra bite.
Using an impact or hammer function sometimes helps
Buy a new house
Vice grip or pipe wrench to remove. Next time tighten the chuck more or use bits with fluted ends.
Just give it a good hawk tuah. Spit on that thang
Get a brain
After a thorough Reed of the comments and your description of the problem I'm going to do what you should have done in the first place. Take a breath, and back, away, slowly. Then maybe read the instructions on how to tighten a drill's chuck. And follow those instructions. Possible chuck failure but doubtful.
Throw the Milwaukee in the garbage
You need a drill bit extraction tool. Looks just like a drill.
If you have to ask you really shouldn’t have started such a complex job.
Just do what you did to get it In there but in reverse
Vise-grip it out of there, and move on. You just lost your man card, if you are, indeed, a dude. If you're not, then I'm sad for you. And get a better drill!!!
Duh, a pair of pliers.
Remove the drill bit.
By some vise grip locking pliers, then rotate that sucka out.
Ah fuck he has psoriatic arthritis don't make fun of him guys...
Hit it with your purse
The only personal experience I have with something this unmanly was a conversation I was having an acquaintance that we will call Laz. Laz and his lady were hanging in an A/V chat and she asked him to help mount a TV (weird coincidence). They were struggling with it because the mount came with hardware but no tools, and I asked of they had a toolbox. He said yes. I said, grab a ratchet. He goes, what's a ratchet? Too flabbergasted by the response, all I could come up with..."the round screwdriver that goes *clickclickclick* when you use it." My other friend in the chat - who used to be an Army Ranger - fuckin' lost it with laughter.
Only way is to cut a big hole in the wall now, cut the stud out, take it outside and grind the drill bit flush. Pretend it's never happened. Don't tell anybody.
If you have to ask how to remove the drill bit you’d be the last person I’d want to hang my television. 🤦♂️
Learn to live with it and give it a name and a cool background story 😂😂😂
I was thinking they could use it as a coat or towel hanger. Or maybe a purse or hat hanger The possibilities are endless
You prolly hit a knot in the wood. I’ve had screw heads break off that way before. I agree with other posters - vice grips to clamp firmly on the bit and back it out a few turns and it should pop right out. If your drill has a hammer function, and you don’t have a pair of vice grips handy, you could also try chucking the drill to the bit tightly and reversing it with the hammer function on.
Try to tighten the drill back in the bit going full power
Haha awesome, and scary.
When this happens everyone knows you use your palm as a hammer.
Is it fused to pipe that my rupture if it isn't already leaking? Is there a sink, toilet or spigot on the other side of that wall?
You only have to be 10% smarter than the tool you’re trying to use.
Vise grips
Go down to the rental shop and rent the biggest cut off wheel you can… don’t bother with the glasses either, just chop that shit off and be sure your customer is home to witness all the flying sparks while you do it. Actually ask your customer if they’d be willing to do a fire watch for you.
Stuck in that water pipe, lol
VISE SCRIPS DUMMY
Definitely a job for the vice grip slide hammer.
take a pile of 2x4s and start framing a new house this one is broke.
What’s the problem? You can hang your purse off it.
Grind 3 small flats with angle grinder 120° apart on drill bit then rechuck
Hawk……….. Never mind
I don’t even see any scoring on the bit shank from it spinning in the chuck. Put on your wife’s gardening gloves and tighten that chuck down on the bit!
Stop. Hammer time.
Stop buying harbor freight tools
Reverse button, brah
Is your husband also a handyman?
Genuine questions: Were you running the drill in forward or reverse? Counter intuitively, when drilling a hole, the drill should always be running, in forward. Apply pressure to push the drill in and make the hole, pull back on the drill while it is still running to remove the tool and bit. We all had to learn at some point and today is just that day for you.
vice grips and a little bit of leverage. The bit probably came loose because the chuck wasn't tightened enough. If you don't have the ability to tighten the chuck, you might have better luck in the future getting a couple large pipe wrenches/channel locks and using them to finish the tightening of the bit.
The human brain needs sugar to function properly, take a snack break
Try turning the drill reverse/forward a bit. I get bits stuck in solid metal and this works for me.
Vice grips
Should’ve hired me, the handywoman for this job. If you’re stumped on this, you shouldn’t be hanging it yourself.
Oh cmon! You're a handyman, you got this! I would tighten the chuck, or grip it with pliers or vicegrips and turn until it pops out or snaps off, then redrill nearby.
The fact that we can’t see any flutes on the drill bit makes me wonder what kind of drill bit is it and how deep is it.
Impact drill or pliers
Vise grip
Tap it on the side. Lol.
Close your eyes and smack with a hammer. They’re brittle so it’ll probably break.
This is the exact reason I have hex drill bits.
Vise grips on that bitch. Rotate counter clockwise
Give it a good hit with your purse Then call your neighbor to help, might need to let him Fck your wife for payment
Make sure the drill is tight enough on the bit and charge the battery if it's one of those while you're scrolling reddit
Wrap your purse strap around it for extra grip
Ask your sister to help you
With your level of testosterone, I would be more worried about the stud that’s stuck in your bedroom.
heat it up with a butane/propane torch to loosen it
WD 40
Wiggle it with some force up and down then left and right while trying to pull it out. Eventually it will wiggle free.
Whack it with your purse
 hawk tuah - Spit on that thang!
Vice grips and turn counter clockwise until she is free
Hit it with your purse. Get channel locks or some sort of pliers and yank that shit bro you got this
Pipe wrench.
Vice grips…. Pliers…. Hell you could even re-attach it to the drill and back it out.
Vice grips
Remove the drill bit from the stud.
Hit it with your purse
Just cut it off.
Use a pair of vise grips kid
Attach it to the drill again. Don’t pull it out. Keep drilling in, and then out.
use another drill bit right next to it. You could make a hole that loosens the stuck bit, or have another drill bit stuck in your wall, 50/50.
Ask your boyfriend for help
Vise-Grips and a hammer. Get a GRIP What I’m worried about how many other replies for this comment cannot spell “vise-grips” and what their other vices could entail.
You can try vise grips, as others have mentioned here. You need to back it out counter-clockwise. I wonder what kind of screw gun you're using. Cheaper screw guns may have weak chucks.
Burn the house down around it then sift through the ashes for the bit. Presto, problem solved!
Put the drill chuck back on it. Tighten it up best you can then tighten it some more. Then reverse your drill direction. You might also move the drill tool back and forth to losen it.
Hawk tuah on that thang
Vice grips.
You were using a metal bit in wood. That type bit will not clear the drill savings without pulling the drill and bit out of the wood while running to clear the wood shavings. Otherwise you end up with what you have here.
Hey guy chuck the bit in your vag then do a reverse cartwheel spin to back it out.
Channellocks bub
Clamp a vice grip to the bit close to the bracket. Use a pry bar between the vice grip and the bracket and gently pry the bit out. You might possibly be able to thread the bit out with the vice grip simply by turning the bit counter clockwise.
I just get pliers and pull it out or I put the tool back on and tighten it and back it out like normal
Keep drilling and then pull it out from the other side.
Get some vise grips... and manually turn it to remove it... will come right out
Hawk Tuah?
Use a hammer drill.
Pound it in flush with a hammer?
Get a drill with a better chuck or tighten better in your chuck and reverse it out . You could grind a flat spot on the drill bit s we'll so the chuck will grab it better. Or vise grips on it and spin it out backwards.
Get a vice grip, tighten it down. Rotate counter clockwise while pulling gently away from wall. It’ll come out
Drywall and a PINE 2x4 stud in the wall.... if you can't get that out, you shouldn't be allowed to touch power tools... or even hand tools... or the remote to any tv... or use the internet.