Electric Drill Ice Auger

[merrier212]

Hi All, I have a milwaukee hole hawg 7.5 amp drill I am going to use this year as my ice auger in my wheel house. My question is where can I find an adapter to go from drill to a 10" jiffy ice auger? I tried to make one but can not seem to get it welded up with out a little wobble!

Thanks

[pushbutton]

Nimrod and Ice Master make one, do not know if they fit a Jiffy though. Just do a big G search.........i am assuming yours does, but make sure the drill has a low and high setting. Also, i know this really does not help a whole lot, but when i looked into this i stumbled across a mom and pop one that seemed to be the best and is supposedly machined for each type auger, have no clue the name or how i got to the HSOforum, but it is out there somewhere.

[B-man715]

Hey Merrier,

YOU'RE GONNA LOVE A 120 VOLT ICE AUGER!!!

That Hole Hawg will work sweet for you! Jiffy's take a lot less bite than a Strikemaster, so I think the high range may work best, but you'll have to experiment with it to see. Having it in high range with about half throttle on the trigger should get you around the right rpm's (600) with no load to drill a fast hole. Low range full bore will give you 300 rpms, which is close to Jiffy legend augers which spin at 390 rpms. Play around and see what works best.

I use a Ice Master adapter for a Strikemaster. Not sure if they use a different size shaft than a Jiffy (owned one a few years ago, but don't recall if it is the same as Strikemaster).

The Ice Master is designed for a hand auger, but you'll notice it starts out with a small shaft with a hole, then steps up to a bigger shaft. I drill out a bigger hole for the bolt and it bolted right into the lazer power auger shaft. I also had to modify the plastic circle peice with a dremel to keep enough clearance between the chuck and the adapter so it could spin.

The bungie cord it comes with to keep the auger attached to the drill (if the chuck loosened up) got caught in the chuck and was damaged. I replaced it with a steel cable and it works much better!

This still has some wobble, especially if you are just hanging it in the air and spinning it. Once your are drilling a hole it is fine.

I also use an 18" extension when the ice gets thicker, it allows me to drill holes with the house up, keeping the slush on the ice, not in the house.

I lower my house and insert the sleeves. Then I put the auger in reverse and flush the holes for 5-8 seconds (with the auger at least to the bottom of the hole) and it gets 99% of the shavings out of the hole!

Make sure whatever you go with (ice master, homemade etc) that you utilize a plate that attaches to your drill. It would sure suck to have the chuck loosen up and sink your auger

The ice is near!!

[merrier212]

outstanding advice thanks so much... I think I am going to have my adapter fabricated by a local machine shop.. I love the idea of "flushing" out the hole. That will make set up soo easy! We are going to put the house on mille lacs this year probably out of barnacle resort... Ice can not come fast enough!

Thanks