12-24-2009, 06:29 AM
Last year I bought an Eskimo 10" Mako. After using it a couple of times I realized how slow it was at drilling holes compared to others on the lake. I took it back to sportsmans and they traded me for another one. I thought maybe the blade angles were a little off. The new one worked a little better but not much.
Last week I was out again and someone I knew was drilling 2+ holes to my one without putting much down pressure. I was leaning on mine. I really need to do something this thing is driving me nuts. It makes lots of noise and spins like a mother but drills SLOW! Anyone suffer the same trouble?
I tried sharpening the blades and then put new ones on. I just put .015 shims under the front side of the blades but haven't had a chance to try them out yet. Hope that will help.
Any Ideas? Thanks....
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Last week I was out again and someone I knew was drilling 2+ holes to my one without putting much down pressure. I was leaning on mine. I really need to do something this thing is driving me nuts. It makes lots of noise and spins like a mother but drills SLOW! Anyone suffer the same trouble?
I tried sharpening the blades and then put new ones on. I just put .015 shims under the front side of the blades but haven't had a chance to try them out yet. Hope that will help.
Any Ideas? Thanks....
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