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I recently got my dad's Eskimo 10" auger. It's at least 15-17 years old. Last time I used it was a couple weeks ago, and it cut OK. I got new blades for it and hoped for the best. Took it out today and cut one hole in mediocre time. After that initial hole, other holes were damn near impossible. The auger would not settle down, it wanted to jump all over. It cut exceptionally slowly. My brother and I teamed up (him on one side and me on the other) and it took over 7 minutes of continuous augering to get through 20 inches of ice. Remember this is all with brand new blades! My brother thinks the blades are out of whack or something is bent out of shape. The point in between the blades is knocked off. Could this be the culprit? This auger situation really jammed us up today.Any advice from this savvy group of Eskimo owners would be greatly, greatly appreciated.Thank you!Hey dahuletts! Welcome! Yes, your blades are definately 'out of whack". The "jumping all over" tells me the blade angle of attack is too great..basically, the blades are trying to take too big a bite of ice. This can be a real pickle to deal with..are the blades the same as the old ones? Did you mount them with the bolts in the proper positon?, ie; exactly the same way the old ones were? If they were just dull, they wouldn't cut...you wouldn't get anywhere, but I don't expect it would jump around. One thing you should NEVER do is oush down on it while it's drilling...that may be part of the problem. I'd start from scratch and make sure they are razor sharp with no nick, reset them on the flighting, and sharpen that center point. Hope that helps!
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Thanks for the info. I took off the new blades and they seem very, very dull considering they are brand new. I put the old blades back on since now they are much sharper than the new ones. I took a file to the center point and sweetened it up a lot. Maybe I'll get a chance to take it out soon, just to check the, the uh, performance. Ya, that's the ticket...Thank you![/quote You're welcome!!! Just a tip.... Don't use a file on the blades...WAY too course..get a sharpening stone, like an Arkansas hard/soft stone...use a good oil, and follow the blade angle, honing until sharp. Those old blades are probably the ones to go with... Let us know how you ended up!!! File on the center point is OK, though. Where did you get the new blades? Were they Eskimo blades? Let us know...
Quote from: dahuletts on Jan 16, 2011, 08:10 PMThanks for the info. I took off the new blades and they seem very, very dull considering they are brand new. I put the old blades back on since now they are much sharper than the new ones. I took a file to the center point and sweetened it up a lot. Maybe I'll get a chance to take it out soon, just to check the, the uh, performance. Ya, that's the ticket...Thank you![/quote You're welcome!!! Just a tip.... Don't use a file on the blades...WAY too course..get a sharpening stone, like an Arkansas hard/soft stone...use a good oil, and follow the blade angle, honing until sharp. Those old blades are probably the ones to go with... Let us know how you ended up!!! File on the center point is OK, though. Where did you get the new blades? Were they Eskimo blades? Let us know... We'll do! I've known this for a long time: serious blade sharpening is over my head! I sure expected more out of a new set of blades. The were Eskimo blades and they were made in China.
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OK heres the deal, I got an older Mako, that uses the triangular turbo BB8 blades, where I live, its real hard to get these blades, and they are real expensive, (80 bucks) so I was wondering if i can somehow mount my new Fin Bore III hand auger to the Eskimo, right now I have an adapter for the Fin Bore to mount it to the Icegator, but does anyone know if the output shafts on the Eskimo and Icegator are the same?
I can't come up with a darn thing.....guess you'll have to fine out thread pitch/size and go from there....sorry!!!