JIGLFIN Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 Any thoughts, on the value of this tool, todrill or reopen old holes in hard water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 Not sure what your talking about? Can you expand on it a bit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 JIGLFIN Posted November 28, 2003 Author Share Posted November 28, 2003 Ed;The business end looks like a pipe /wcutters around the bottom. It cuts acylinder of ice. (promoted by "Ernie theangler').JIGLFIN; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tomfromblaine Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 sounds like a giant hole saw,jus wunderin how much a cylinder of ice ways thats 8"x2',or how do you get the ice out of the cylinder. have you actually seen one of these in action?------------------Icedog1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 JIGLFIN Posted November 28, 2003 Author Share Posted November 28, 2003 Tom;I saw a short blurb on a commercial,looked like the cyl. of ice stayed inthe hole, possibly would be pushed underthe ice /w a spud bar etc.Was hopeing one of you fm'rs had experienceusing one, redrilling holes in a perminenthouse.JIGLFIN; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 icehousebob Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 I saw something like you described on Big Stone Lake over forty years ago. The guy who had it claimed it was the the auger of the future. Apparently, they didn't have all the bugs worked out because that was the only one I saw. As for the ice cylinder that was cut, he pushed it down and when it bobbed back up, he grabbed it and pulled it out of the hole. Can you imagine if everyone used those augers and left ice cylinders laying on the ice to run into? As I remember, it would cut through two feet of ice. The guy didn't have an answer to what you do when the ice got thicker than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 Ah, a hole saw, for ice...yaaa...?Ya...lots of bugs there I think? Only good to use in thinner ice and/or to ream an old hole. But then you need to swap bits all the time, naaa...not for me. More work then it's worth I think?If you go with the Jiffy Stealth you can chew through old holes with ease and any amount of new hard or old rough soft ice. I would go that rout myself.Maybe if a guy had one on a T-handle and used it only to ream old shack holes? Still sounds like way too much work to me. I would fire up the Jiffy and get it done now, then get to the fish'n. ------------------Ed "Backwater Eddy" CarlsonBackwater Guiding"ED on the RED"[email protected]><,sUMo,> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 JIGLFIN Posted November 30, 2003 Author Share Posted November 30, 2003 Thanks for the input fellow's.I'm just looking for a better "mouse trap" to deal with the fumes, noise and what I'd call sno-cone syndrom, resulting, while re-cutting holes in the shanty. P.S. I did mock-up and test an exhausttransfer system, last winter, that show's some merrit.JIGLFIN;[This message has been edited by JIGLFIN (edited 11-29-2003).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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