OLD (30 yr) eskamo auger blade sharpening/replacement?

[Burnham]

so i got a power auger last weekend from my neighbor who occasionally browses this HSOforum, because he saw on here that i dont have one!!saves me a couple hundred bucks for a couple years!!! my dad gave it to him cuz he never used it and he got a new one so now its mine!! anyways

its an "eskamo", no not eskimo(same brand idk)? the thing is like 30 years old, it runs on first pull almost every single time, its a champ!! ive used it a few times and it wont cut through the last 2 inches, figured it needs new blades or a sharpening. i cannot find a place that has replacement blades and have heard that only certain places can sharpen it. (it has a chipper blade) its still a lot easier to drill and finish off holes with the hand auger, but i would love to get the blades good!!

does anyone have any places where they believe i could get new blades, or a sharpening??PLEASE!!? i plan on calling eskimo tomorrow to see if it is the same company, if there was just a name change.

ive really been tryin to get it done today, and was gunna ask my neighbor but i dont think hes home.

Thank YOU!!!

[thedeadsea]

Can you post a pic of what the blades look like?

[Burnham]

yea i will!

[Burnham]

i know i said "blades", i meant blade. as in 1 haha.

http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t64/burnham101/?action=view&current=DSCF1078.jpg

[thedeadsea]

Can't say that I have seen one like that before, but I am sure someone can steer you in the right direction.

8" hole?

[Burnham]

yea 8 inch hole. thanks for lookin! could another auger blade possibly work? i know the angle has to be perfect.

[Burnham]

[thedeadsea]

yea 8 inch hole. thanks for lookin! could another auger blade possibly work? i know the angle has to be perfect.

Many augers do have the same shaft. Mora bits are usually easy to find and blades are cheap.

[Burnham]

ok thank you!

[moparmarv]

I have the same auger i put on a jiffy 8 in blade you will have to drill the two mounting holes and just bolt the new blade on you will not use the wedge from the old blade i did this and it cuts like a champ

[Burnham]

thank you! so do you take off the wedge?? just a regular 8 inch jiffy blade then?

[moparmarv]

yes the jiffy blade has the angle built into it you will have to position the blade wear it needs to go and drill the two holes for mounting the new blade

[Burnham]

hokey dokey. thanks for your help!

[elkrivermn]

I have a Ardisam Eskimo 10" from the 1980's and the Auger and transmission look like what I have. With the age of your auger who is to say the previous owner did not install just any blade he could find with the same bolt hole pattern? Somewhere on your auger you should have a model # along with a serial#.

[Burnham]

oh, so are you sayin i should say the info when i call ardisam tomorrow?

[slurpie]

The blade looks flat from the pics. Dont use power tools, If you have a flat sharpening stone do it yourself. Its easy and the blade will also be really sharp another option.

[Burnham]

maybe i will give that a try, and if it doesnt work get new blades. yea it is pretty flat. so much advice haha!!

[moparmarv]

i had checked with eskamo when i bought mine on an auction could not find a new blade for it had it sharpened once at a bait shop but it still did not cut the best eskamo changed the direction of auger rotation on the new augers but jiffy rotates the same direction as my auger bought the jiffy blade mounted it on my auger and it cuts like crazy and now if i need a new blade i just buy another jiffy blade