Project Completed - Garage Engineered 10" Auger Bit ZipEzy Disk/Stopper

[Zip-in-Z]

While at home in lock down, designed & completed my disk/stopper project for my b-new 10" StrikeMaster auger & Milwaukee Fuel M18 drill.

Found a 14"x17" HD black poly kitchen cutting board at Walmart, made mine 12" in dia using a Dremel rotary saw.

Used angle grinder and cut off 10" off the top spiral to reduce some weight & would never need to cut through 2 feet of ice.

Used two 1" double split shaft collars to hold it in place.

Used 2 1/2" hole saw & made 5 cut outs to reduce weight & easier to hold on to when lifting the auger out of the hole/ice.

Sylvan still has lots of ice, went out to field test it, new auger with Milwaukee M18 cuts 10" double overlapping holes with little effort.

Total weight is just over 10 lbs .....

Project #2 is a 5" IceBerg Mini auger converted to work with the M18 Drill, light weight & cuts fast, mainly use it to drop the camera down to find the spot-on-the-spot structure.

A bunch of pic's .... click on them to enlarge.

Cheers

David




https://i.postimg.cc/LhHFhb0C/Patient.png (https://postimg.cc/LhHFhb0C)



Project #1 - 10" Auger Disk.


https://i.postimg.cc/pmnK8k14/P1050400-1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/pmnK8k14)

https://i.postimg.cc/nCXmb0Zr/P1050407-1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/nCXmb0Zr)

https://i.postimg.cc/zV4gJKXj/P1050411-1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/zV4gJKXj)

https://i.postimg.cc/w1Js3M1d/P1050430-1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/w1Js3M1d)

https://i.postimg.cc/mhX95KvK/P1050534-1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/mhX95KvK)

https://i.postimg.cc/Z0K3jJMr/P1050539-1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/Z0K3jJMr)


Project #2 - 5" Mini Auger Conversion.


https://i.postimg.cc/xcKqv73w/P1050365-1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/xcKqv73w)

https://i.postimg.cc/FYpRqLqG/P1050367-1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/FYpRqLqG)

https://i.postimg.cc/qtZ7Bdp3/P1050371-1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/qtZ7Bdp3)

https://i.postimg.cc/bdnvPMWZ/P1050425.jpg (https://postimg.cc/bdnvPMWZ)


No Difficulty Drilling Overlapping Holes


https://i.postimg.cc/xNdDXXgj/P1050376-1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/xNdDXXgj)

[SNAPFisher]

Nice work Zip! Maybe you need to stick around all next ice season to really break these in hey :)

Looks like full out ice still on Sylvan. Was the snow at least melted on top of the ice?

[isoseeker]

Well, you will just have to call it the "Zippy Disk" auger saver.

[Zip-in-Z]

Nice work Zip! Maybe you need to stick around all next ice season to really break these in hey :)

Looks like full out ice still on Sylvan. Was the snow at least melted on top of the ice?


If this C-Virus doesn't get under control, we may not be headed back south for the winter, those Whites & Walleye's will be in trouble.

It was 20C here today, very little snow remaining in town or on the lake. With all the run-off & warmer weather the ice will be gone before May Long.

Cheers

D



https://i.imgur.com/XZIdwgs.jpg


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[Zip-in-Z]

Well, you will just have to call it the "Zippy Disk" auger saver.

Never thought to give it a name, that one would work or perhaps the "ZipEzy" Disk or Stopper.

Cheers

D.

[huntsfurfish]

Well done!:sHa_shakeshout:

[isoseeker]

Never thought to give it a name, that one would work or perhaps the "ZipEzy" Disk or Stopper.

Cheers

D.

You got my vote on that, "ZipEzy" is perfect.

[EZM]

Looks pretty cool - you did a nice professional looking job on those.