The Farley-Gator

[Farley]

Mora 7" w/ 18 volt 1/2" cordless drill wurks just fine... keep the extra batt in the rod bag 

[Diversion245]

Git er done

What material did you use to implement such a fine piece of machinery?

[MrMarty51]

Git er done

What material did you use to implement such a fine piece of machinery?

Looks like a hammer and a pry bar were in demand on that project.
Looks like You did a good job on that bit of adaptation. 8)

[stumper]

What happens when the bit comes loose and sinks to the bottom

[copperjohn]

Put a frisbee(or 9"pie tin) between the auger and auger attaching bolt. Maybe couple of fenderwashers. Might save a heartache. 
But it looks like a nice option, I just got a new 24v for Christmas and was thinking of same.  Did you buy the adapter or make it and if so, how?

[Farley]

I found a piece of old 1/2" (or what fit in my auger bit) pipe an then an allen wrench that would fit almost perfect into the pipe and welded it in (the drill is a mikita 18V 1/2" chuck...I figured it might work).  All you have to do then is drill a 1/4" hole in the pipe to accept the strikemaster mora auger set skrew!

P.S.  A 1/2 drill motor does not have the power of a gear reduced gas auger.  Let the drill do the work.
I've drilled 16 holes though 12" of clear ice on one batt

[Diversion245]

How fast is it, compared to a manual auger, and then compared to a gas power auger?

Seems like a very efficient set up if one already has a drill available