Reopening holes

Feel like I’m riding a bull when my auger gets caught redrilling my holes out in my shack. Just hang on or is there a better way?

What kind of auger? My lite flight is nice and smooth

Never had an issue using Kdrill and milwaukee drill til saturday when almost though it caught and side handle broke off drill. Drill spun lucky didnt break my hand but did hit my knee hard enough to take me down. Felt like getting hit with a hammer. Gonna order a better style handle before that happens again.

JEREMY wrote:

Never had an issue using Kdrill and milwaukee drill til saturday when almost though it caught and side handle broke off drill. Drill spun lucky didnt break my hand but did hit my knee hard enough to take me down. Felt like getting hit with a hammer. Gonna order a better style handle before that happens again.

Get yourself a clam plate. I love mine

Get yourself a clam plate. I love mine
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My Ion is the first drill I ever had that would handle re-drill smoothly.

I have an Eskimo propane 8″ What’s a calm plate?

Sorry figured you were talking electric drill.
Seems like no one talks or runs gas anymore.

MX1825 wrote:

Sorry figured you were talking electric drill.
Seems like no one talks or runs gas anymore.

I was assuming electric too

buck-slayer wrote:

I have an Eskimo propane 8″ What’s a calm plate?

Chipper blades or straight blades?

I run a lite flite and it re opens holes great. My old strikemasted with chipper blades did great as well. But my jiffy didn’t

I used an 8″ Nils on a Tanaka powerhead for close to 10 years to re-open holes in my wheelhouse. You don’t know what a wild ride is until you try that one. I use a K-drill now and it’s smooth as butter. I actually look for old holes while fishing to cut holes faster hoping the ice is thinner…haven’t hit a landmine yet.

Bearcat89 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>buck-slayer wrote:</div>
I have an Eskimo propane 8″ What’s a calm plate?

Chipper blades or straight blades?

I run a lite flite and it re opens holes great. My old strikemasted with chipper blades did great as well. But my jiffy didn’t

I believe they are straight blades will check out getting chipper blades

404 ERROR wrote:

I used an 8″ Nils on a Tanaka powerhead for close to 10 years to re-open holes in my wheelhouse. You don’t know what a wild ride is until you try that one. I use a K-drill now and it’s smooth as butter. I actually look for old holes while fishing to cut holes faster hoping the ice is thinner…haven’t hit a landmine yet.

I open old holes all the time for the same reason. Never thought of the landmine possibility. I’ll maybe rethink that idea.