02-26-2016, 01:59 AM
My old two-stroke ice auger is getting old and temperamental (kind of like me). I've been pricing new ones, and they're not cheap--especially the four-stroke ones. I've also got an old hand auger that I used to use, but using power augers has left me spoiled and unwilling to do a lot of hand drilling, especially when I'm out with a group and need to drill lots of holes in the ice. I've heard of people fitting a cordless electric drill to a hand auger shaft and drilling holes in the ice that way. Does anyone have any experience with that? I'd appreciate knowing how to rig the connection between the drill chuck and the auger shaft, how powerful the electric drill needs to be (18V? More?), how many holes you can drill before the battery dies, etc.
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