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The fuel cries out for the clam plate? Explain.... Last year I was running a Fuel drill through a Kovac adaptor to an 8" Blue Nils and also an 8" LazerMag with the ripper teeth. Every time either bit would catch and they sometimes did and always at break through, that jolt would go right back up my non-trigger arm or wrench my wrist. Just too powerful a drill with such an undersized auxiliary handle. When I mounted it to a Clam plate, I was able to get the leverage and trigger control to make a very serviceable unit. By the way, the Fuel drill marries up very well with a Clam plate which is something the Ridgid Octane does not do.
Been using my Nils 8" and my M18 Fuel (into my 3rd season) with no Clam Plate. No problems at all. It's a pretty smooth rig. I think the Clam Plate thing is to provide safety in holding the torque of the M18, but not sure. Just got a 7" Nero and waiting to get out on ice with it and my M18.Went the M18 way to shed some weight - been a very good move. I also use the M18 on a 6" Normark Finbore Micro (no longer avaialble) great panfish rig.If the Nero works out like I think, the Nils may be going away.
Nice ice. How are you using the paint can?
Where are people getting the replacement blades for the Nero (7 inch)? I've been searching the model number but haven't been finding them cheap.
Anyone have trouble with the Nero “skipping” on glare ice? Right out of the box it skipped a lot even at slow speed try to catch the ice. I’m hoping I didn’t get one that the angle is off. Once it caught it drilled ok, but not super impressive. From what I am hearing it sounds like it should be a bit better then my results.
It was out of the box. Skipped all over until it caught.
Used my Nero 6” on 18” of clear, black ice and it cut like a dream! I agree the offset handles take a bit to get used to, but I bet I can cut a hole as fast, if not faster than a power auger. MYO