Skabulon
11-12-2020, 04:29 PM
Hey guys, since the weather started cooling off I have been getting ready for ice fishing! This year I wanted to do something that I have been thinking about for a while now, and finally add a new toy to my ice fishing kit. This year I had the tools to do it, and I wanted to show you all how my project turned out.
https://i.imgur.com/s0CtF6H.jpg
This is my Grandpa's old 6" Strikemaster Mora hand auger. I don't know how old exactly, but it's old enough that it still had the handle that threaded on to the auger bit. It had been sitting in my Dad's cellar for awhile and it got a bit rusty as you can see.
https://i.imgur.com/JBbtdXb.jpg
At some point my Grandpa's brute strength had stripped the threads out from the handle and it wouldn't stay together anymore, so being a farmer, my Grandpa brazed the handle on permanently. And it worked for many more years after that before it got put into storage.
https://i.imgur.com/0TRU0yf.jpg
I brought it home and cut the handle off. Nobody will ever get a sore arm from this again! I cleaned all the old paint and rust off of it and found that it was still in pretty good shape after all these years, flights weren't bent, shaft was nice and straight. I took a scrap piece of 1/2" round bar I had in the garage and slid it inside the old piece of handle, and then welded it on. I even managed to get it pretty centred by using some electrical tape as bushings haha. Gave it a test spin in the drill and it was almost perfect.
I decided at this point to also add a centering point for the blades, as I remembered how much this auger would try to walk when you started a hole. Found some short hanger bolts on Amazon that are for furniture legs, and some nuts that would thread on to the stud side. Viola, centering point. Also ordered some new blades for the auger as I couldn't be bothered to try to sharpen up the old ones yet. Maybe in the future.
https://i.imgur.com/Si14EAj.jpg
Finally, gave it all a coat of primer and a few coats of some Electric Green engine enamel a buddy of mine had laying around in his paint shop. And for the finishing touch, my lovely lady made me the vinyl sticker to go on the handle.
https://i.imgur.com/JiGrbT0.jpg
All done! Now I need to test it!
https://i.imgur.com/s0CtF6H.jpg
This is my Grandpa's old 6" Strikemaster Mora hand auger. I don't know how old exactly, but it's old enough that it still had the handle that threaded on to the auger bit. It had been sitting in my Dad's cellar for awhile and it got a bit rusty as you can see.
https://i.imgur.com/JBbtdXb.jpg
At some point my Grandpa's brute strength had stripped the threads out from the handle and it wouldn't stay together anymore, so being a farmer, my Grandpa brazed the handle on permanently. And it worked for many more years after that before it got put into storage.
https://i.imgur.com/0TRU0yf.jpg
I brought it home and cut the handle off. Nobody will ever get a sore arm from this again! I cleaned all the old paint and rust off of it and found that it was still in pretty good shape after all these years, flights weren't bent, shaft was nice and straight. I took a scrap piece of 1/2" round bar I had in the garage and slid it inside the old piece of handle, and then welded it on. I even managed to get it pretty centred by using some electrical tape as bushings haha. Gave it a test spin in the drill and it was almost perfect.
I decided at this point to also add a centering point for the blades, as I remembered how much this auger would try to walk when you started a hole. Found some short hanger bolts on Amazon that are for furniture legs, and some nuts that would thread on to the stud side. Viola, centering point. Also ordered some new blades for the auger as I couldn't be bothered to try to sharpen up the old ones yet. Maybe in the future.
https://i.imgur.com/Si14EAj.jpg
Finally, gave it all a coat of primer and a few coats of some Electric Green engine enamel a buddy of mine had laying around in his paint shop. And for the finishing touch, my lovely lady made me the vinyl sticker to go on the handle.
https://i.imgur.com/JiGrbT0.jpg
All done! Now I need to test it!