Drill Adapter For Ice Auger

There were a few questions awhile back on making a Drill adapter that would prevent your drill asembly from falling down the hole. Here is my solution, I took a stock Nimrod adapter and had a larger washer welded just below the Drill Chuck, then had a collar made with 2 pieces of bar stock welded on and then held that in place with a roll pin.

with this setup the bars spin freely enugh that if you get in the way of one while it is spinning it isn’t going to hurt….to Bad. And I don’t have to worry about plastic or anything else breaking.

Good idea! Was just thinking about this since my auger and adapter took a swim yesterday. Maybe got 16 holes total drilled and owned the adapter for 4 hours… At least the auger lasted almost a year

That was my biggest fear when building this setup. Hopefully you are able to recover it!

Here you go:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Grip-53427-250-Pound-Magnet/15128270

That thing looks dangerous. I’d have gone with a circular peice instead of a bar. Mine came unbuckled once this weekend and I just picked it up and put it back on.

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That thing looks dangerous. I’d have gone with a circular peice instead of a bar. Mine came unbuckled once this weekend and I just picked it up and put it back on.

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Actually it isn’t dangerous at all. That is the beauty of it, the bars spin freely so it doesn’t hurt when you get hit. I have gone the circular route and I never found a material that I wasn’t worried about breaking or looked good.

Never mind then excellent design. My hole hawg cost 22 dolars and it has some kind of light metal in a circle.

Has anyone had any luck using cordless drill and any blades other than the flat ones that come with hand augers?