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Title: AUGER DRILL??
Post by: ICEBUG on Feb 15, 2003, 06:46 AM

Because I am new at ice fishing ---will the drill of a two piece hand auger fit on a power auger head?or are the drill bases of a power auger and the hand auger built different?
Icebug

Title: Re: AUGER DRILL??
Post by: LoneWolf on Feb 15, 2003, 09:00 AM

The only hand auger that can be converted to a power auger and back (that I know of) is the Nils Master. It literally takes two minutes to convert to hand or power. You would have to make a collar to connect the powerhead to the hand auger. Usually the drill bases of hand augers are made lighter duty than those made for power augers.

Title: Re: AUGER DRILL??
Post by: ICEBUG on Feb 15, 2003, 11:25 AM

 I saw a power post hole auger head at a home supply store yesterday that looked identical to the power ice augers and was wondering if one could be attached to an hand auger drill.
Thanks for the info.

Title: Re: AUGER DRILL??
Post by: redsford95 on Feb 16, 2003, 03:14 AM

You can with a little fabing I am in the process of finding a lazre hand auger to replace my chipper I have.  As fas as pipe strength. The hand auger will not be that lighter it takes the same pressure as a gas auger to go threw the ice ;)
Red

Title: Re: AUGER DRILL??
Post by: ICEBUG on Feb 16, 2003, 04:03 AM

I did more research on the net last night, and found this site that answers questions about augers(Jiffy brand,anyway).
www.jiffy-on-ice.com/faq.htm
Icebug