Ice auger blade shaping

[1lessdog]

Anyone have a good shop for sharping auger blades? I have 3 jiffy I would like cleaned up.

 

Thanks 

 

 

 

 

[monstermoose78]

@Surface Tension 

check him out

 

 

[Surface Tension]

 Thanks Nick.    While I can do any type blade,  I'm setup for sharpening Nils Master.

Rock Store in Ely, MN or Fran Connelly will take care of you.

[Hawg]

Jiffy's are very easy, if you can sharpen a lawn mower blade you can do a Jiffy. If not any hardware store can probably do it. 

[Boar]

alot of times one can sharpen those jiffy chipper blades by just hittin them with a file to knock out the dings.

[Twisted]

Don't forget the tip. More important than the blades...

 

It takes a knack to do any of the blades correctly but hand tools are all that are needed.

[tinker]

Check out Frank Deluca  Saginaw Mn . Excellent work and fast service.

[SHAWSKI]

I send all of my knives and auger blades to twisted. 

 

He is just a naturally sharp guy.

 

He's so sharp, I once saw him skin an eelpout with his thoughts.

[Boar]

LMAO!, 

[SHAWSKI]

Boar is also pretty sharp. 

 

Cuts cheese, with his thoughts....

 

[1lessdog]

I must be real sharp, because I can cut wind.

[SHAWSKI]

Woe, That's very sharp.

Lol!

 

Actually, I have a Sharpening jig that I made for the old straight chipper style blades. 

 

I made the jig many years ago after I experienced epic fail after a hasty angle grinder sharpening job on an old strikemaster.

After friction boring 4 tip up holes with 2 guys basically laying on the power head.... I decided I was not going to experience that embarrassment again.

So, I built a sharpening jig that is adjustable to dial in on the existing grind angle of the blade. The jig is ridiculously overbuilt, and in hindsight the whole jig concept was a bit overkill. Does it work? Oh hell yes, these blades are spectacularly straight and true, sharp as a dam razor and exactly the right angle. But, I agree with twisted and boar, if the blade hasn't been screwed up by some goofball with a grinder, you can lock the blade in a vice and use a good flat file to follow the existing angle, one swipe at a time. It will probably only take a few swipes with the file and you are good to go. 

 

[1lessdog]

This is the reply I got from Fran Connelly.

 

I will be sending him 3 blades off my augers.

 

Seems like a fair price

 

 

 

All flat blades and chipper blades are $9.00 per set.

All Lazer style blades are $14.00 per set.

Jiffy Stx Pro 3 blades $18.00 per set





I pay shipping back to you .

Check mo or cash.

Fran Connelly
941 S Golf cu-de-sac
Des Plaines, ILL 60016
847-297-8297
Fast turnaround

[SHAWSKI]

Seems reasonable. 

[Boar]

I used to be sharpe, but ther was this decade called the 80's that im still  trying to recall, I know it exists because old freinds tell me I was there, but there just seems to be a void when I I try and recall it. so Now I just cut the cheese. lol!

[MN BassFisher]

That seems like a very reasonable price from Fran! Good to know. 

[Hawg]

Boar, that was the 60's for me.

[1lessdog]

That was the 70's for me. Fun times

[Boar]

 

[Twisted]

Resharpening blades after some hooligan uses a grinder isn't all that bad. Try fixing up one after some foolish gent used his ice auger to drill holes for a pole shed. I have pics but probably can't post them.

[SHAWSKI]

Resharpening blades after some hooligan uses a grinder isn't all that bad. Try fixing up one after some foolish gent used his ice auger to drill holes for a pole shed. I have pics but probably can't post them.

 

I'd do it again, (I probably will)

 

Lol!

 

Actually, that's my special "dirt blade".

 

Try that with yet fancy schmancy ion.

Lol

[Boar]

personally inthink shawski was drilling for mud minnows.