Clam auger plate with Nils

[ready2fish]

Used this setup last year with my StrikerMaster Lazer auger and really liked how the clam plate worked so i picked up a Nils to try this year

Now I need ice

Any one ever try this

[Gills-only]

Just got a clam plate, haven't tried it yet.  Do you have to have the "disc" on to prevent the auger from going down hole? Friend of mine had a drillplate last year and I thought he said the screw that holds auger on is threaded so no need for the disc, as I seen several plates last yr with no disc.  Do you have to have one?  Havent got mine set up yet!

[Woodland]

the nils has plate built in

[Gills-only]

I see, got extension for mine so less bending when drilling!

[Monticatgeek]

Used this setup last year with my StrikerMaster Lazer auger and really liked how the clam plate worked so i picked up a Nils to try this year

Now I need ice

Any one ever try this

just curious how did you manage to get that to attach to the adapter of the drill plate. from your pic it looks like the nils shaft is the same diameter as the adapter. this would help those that want to use a nils auger with the plate as there was no adapter made for the nils augers so they could be used with the plate.

[ready2fish]

I made a new adapter, on the end that connects to the auger I milled a 1" deep pocket and added couple of 10-32 set screws that holds everything toeghter

[Monticatgeek]

I made a new adapter, on the end that connects to the auger I milled a 1" deep pocket and added couple of 10-32 set screws that holds everything toeghter

that's cool. I take it you must be a machinist or have a metal lathe that you can use to make it.

[ready2fish]

Just to clarify on the 1” deep pocket, this was a hex shaped pocket that accepts the auger, should not have any issues with this coming lose and causing damage

If this works I’m going remove the weld on the underside of the round safety plate, this will allow me to remove the plate and shaft connector end.

I will make my clam adapter so it will slide inside the auger tube, just like how Clam and StrikerMaster augers are, this way I can added an  extension if needed.

Not too sure why Nils did not do something like this, at lease make a replaceable connector in case the old one becomes striped due to drill chuck coming loose

[Hunter44]

I seen some where that you take drill chuck off and srew the adapter on has anyone see this

[river rat78]

Not sure why you went with the orange nils instead of the blue one. There's about a $10 difference. Anyways I think you'll like the smoothness of the nils. I have a 5" lazer that goes through the ice pretty smooth. I tried a friends 6" nils and you can easily tell the difference.

[Monticatgeek]

I seen some where that you take drill chuck off and srew the adapter on has anyone see this

with the Clam plate you have to take the chuck off the drill completely and replace it with the adpater that comes with the plate. there are adapters from other companies out there that just hook in the chuck of the drill. the problem with these is that you have the potential to loose the auger down the hole of if the adapter loosens up. some of these come with strap to prevent the auger from going down the hole. the other problem with the adapts that go just into the chuck of the drill it that all the torque and stress is put directly on the drill . with the plate some of the stress and torque is take up by the large bearing that is on the bottom of the plate.

[ready2fish]

Not sure why you went with the orange nils instead of the blue one. There's about a $10 difference. Anyways I think you'll like the smoothness of the nils. I have a 5" lazer that goes through the ice pretty smooth. I tried a friends 6" nils and you can easily tell the difference.

Good question

 The main reason I went this route was so i could use this with my Clam plate, also The orange one has a better cutting angle when used with a electric drill

I made the adapter at work for free, guess I look for fun stuff to modify

I just looked at how much i paid  for my 6"at Redrock and see there  at 123.95, that's a good deal!!!

[Hunter44]

Thanks for reply Monticatgeek

[Icepuppy]

Not sure why you went with the orange nils instead of the blue one. There's about a $10 difference. Anyways I think you'll like the smoothness of the nils. I have a 5" lazer that goes through the ice pretty smooth. I tried a friends 6" nils and you can easily tell the difference.

The orange Nills has a different cutting head. They found that with a manual auger you can make a more aggressive cutting edge due to low cutting speed. The cutting head on the orange (drill model) is less aggressive to compensate for the cutting speed. If you use the blue one with a drill it won't cut as well and will cause increased load/torque.

[E Z turn]

That's interesting that Nils would alter the auger head for the higher speed of drills. I was wondering when manufactures would start acknowledging the potential market for cordless drill augers. I use my 8'' blue Nils with a Clam plate and Milwaukee fuel drill and love it. One can only imagine the benefits of an auger blade designed for higher speed. I know when use it with my older 6'' Mora it literally zips thru the ice. Looks like it could be a bright future for ice augers.

[Icepuppy]

That's interesting that Nils would alter the auger head for the higher speed of drills. I was wondering when manufactures would start acknowledging the potential market for cordless drill augers. I use my 8'' blue Nils with a Clam plate and Milwaukee fuel drill and love it. One can only imagine the benefits of an auger blade designed for higher speed. I know when use it with my older 6'' Mora it literally zips thru the ice. Looks like it could be a bright future for ice augers.

I imagine the blue one has more of a tendency to dig in. Here's the best explanation I could find. Nils calls the black cutting head from the orange augers a "slick" cutting head.

"The Red Nils blades are the standard blade. The Slick (black)blades are pitched to be a little less aggressive cut for use with the convertible auger. Both can be mounted on any Nils drill whether that be the blue hand/power auger or orange convertible auger."