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Title: anyone going out on Sunday?
Post by: metalhed on Dec 08, 2006, 10:33 PM
Gonna try and hit 11 mile
have to find some new blades for the auger, first
no one has any on stock, Dicks, fishing store in arvada, Walmart, Big 5

have to make a run to the Sportsmans up north.

Auger wont cut, going to see if new blades does the trick.
Title: Re: anyone going out on Sunday?
Post by: taxi1 on Dec 08, 2006, 10:39 PM
Gonna try and hit 11 mile
have to find some new blades for the auger, first
no one has any on stock, Dicks, fishing store in arvada, Walmart, Big 5

have to make a run to the Sportsmans up north.

Auger wont cut, going to see if new blades does the trick.

Have you tried sharpening them? Do you have one of those hand held cross stick deals you use to sharpen knives that you simply put the blade in beween the cross sticks and pull in one direction? If so that may work as that is all my auger blade sharpener is.
Title: Re: anyone going out on Sunday?
Post by: metalhed on Dec 08, 2006, 10:52 PM
yep   sharpened the current set and even swapped out for another sharpened set
I was able to drill one hole and then nothing
Title: Re: anyone going out on Sunday?
Post by: taxi1 on Dec 08, 2006, 11:55 PM
yep   sharpened the current set and even swapped out for another sharpened set
I was able to drill one hole and then nothing

Didn't put the blades on backward did you?