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Anyone else have where the handle connects to the drill strip off? Those little metal tabs are gone off my drill after a few uses where the auger caught and twisted the handle causing them to strip off. Pretty poor design if you ask me, needs more to grab onto.
I was so excited to try out the Rigid Octane, Clam drill plate on a 7 inch Mora auger. Now after reading other post I am very concerned. The drill is a beast that is for sure. I just hope with this wobble it has now won't translate when it is cutting holes.
same here only 8" mora.dont fret over anything yet.wait till you try it out cutting ice..the plate is not made to have tight tolerances.sounds like we either deal with some wobble or break the handle off the drill.
And I drilled 267 8" holes through 29" if hard clear ice when it was -20 with a wind chill of -49 with my 20v craftsman and 2 ah battery. See what I did there? All joking aside, it looks like the Ridgid is just as good as the fuels but for way, way cheaper. At least for now.
Ill take some pics when I get home. Its the Ridgid Octane drill turning a 7" strikemaster laser auger. I had them aligned when I put the handle on, just doesn't seem like there is enough material there to grab onto. Ill return it to home depot and get a new one. Love the set up for hole hopping and getting a ton of holes per charge.
I would like to see the pictures of what broke....
Update please? What exactly broke? Did you get it replaced?^^^This.
I took my extension off and went outside and ran mine with the cover on top of a plastic 5 gallon bucket lid.it does wobble but with a little pressure put on the bit it transfers into the plate that kind of rocks around.so once a hole is started in ice I believe the bit will be true cutting but you will notice it in the plate handles.acted the same with or without extension.fwiw.i know its not a good test but im getting antsy to get this thing cutting some ice.and if it doesn’t im out of the drill gang.lol
Sorry guys just forgot to get on here the last few days. Not the greatest pictures but you can see where it stripped off. Also I can't tighten the handle down further onto a different position on the drill. Wont tighten up for me. Wondering if maybe I just got a bad handle