Auger slippage: please advise

[Perch Sniper]

Hi guys,
A friend and I did some exploring on a shallow wilderness lake this afternoon. Wednesday's light rain and then the sharp drop in temps turned the ice ultra slick (5-6" thick and totally clear) and my 6" Nils wouldn't cut worth a d***. Given the quality of the ice there seemed virtually no friction and it just spun and shaved a little. By applying some pressure and turnin slowly I could eventually get the blade to bite for the last 2". Anyone ever have this issue? Is there a solution?

[adkRoy]

You either need new blades or you need to get the blades on your auger sharpened.

[187fish]

You either need new blades or you need to get the blades on your auger sharpened.

what you said 

[esox_magnum]

Contact Sharp Nils here on the site, he will get you fixed up....Never put down pressure on a Nils....

[kcskypilot]

If the blade was re-sharpened the angle might have changed which causes the blade to slide without catching the ice. Either a professional sharpening or new blades will fix that right up.

[187fish]

Contact Sharp Nils here on the site, he will get you fixed up....Never put down pressure on a Nils....

i had a nills about 5 yrs ago, got it as it was reccomended for my ice gator. And that weighed 30plus lbs worked great until it was stolen from higgins lake...now i have a couple lazers...anyway i was curious what results from the down pressure?

[Buckshots]

Shoulda got a Strikemaster... 

[Perch Sniper]

I'll get ahold of Sharp Nils, thanks for the tip, but the auger cut fine on last ice in April and has been stored with the guard on and hung on a hook since spring which is why I wondered about the quality of the ice. Then again the blades have punched a lot of holes in the last 2yrs so they probably need a sharpening anyway.

[Hollywood703]

could the auger tip been banged for some reason, the flues that the blades attach to might have been bent changing the angles also.

[3300]

not sure how they are built, but one of my strikemaster lazers had loose bolts new and did the same thing