Zip-in-Z
12-04-2015, 05:30 PM
Here a tip for your consideration ….
My auger blade has always been razor sharp, however, when I was out on the ice over the past two days, it wasn’t cutting at all like last season.
Today’s fix got it back to B-new, made sure I got a good sharp angle (bevel edge) on both sides of the drill point and put a small 1/8" wide plastic shim under the back end of the blade, which slightly changed the angle to bite a bit more.
Tested it out at Norglenwold … like a hot knife/butter.
Z-z
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See ...
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq10/Boomko1/1_zpsluhpykgp.jpg
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq10/Boomko1/2_zpsevjo3h4w.jpg
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq10/Boomko1/5_zpsk6xzunyp.jpg
Red Tuck tape held the shim in place until I tighted up the Bolts
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq10/Boomko1/3_zps3l59df3w.jpg
Plastic from Note Pad
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq10/Boomko1/4_zps7tcaxhue.jpg
My auger blade has always been razor sharp, however, when I was out on the ice over the past two days, it wasn’t cutting at all like last season.
Today’s fix got it back to B-new, made sure I got a good sharp angle (bevel edge) on both sides of the drill point and put a small 1/8" wide plastic shim under the back end of the blade, which slightly changed the angle to bite a bit more.
Tested it out at Norglenwold … like a hot knife/butter.
Z-z
.
See ...
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq10/Boomko1/1_zpsluhpykgp.jpg
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq10/Boomko1/2_zpsevjo3h4w.jpg
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq10/Boomko1/5_zpsk6xzunyp.jpg
Red Tuck tape held the shim in place until I tighted up the Bolts
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq10/Boomko1/3_zps3l59df3w.jpg
Plastic from Note Pad
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq10/Boomko1/4_zps7tcaxhue.jpg