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icefishingnewbie
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Location: Haddam, CT
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 Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:58 pm Post subject: Do you know how to stop ice build up on auger blades |
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| How do you stop ice from building up on blades i have a mora hand auger and it gets sorta hard when the ice build up gets stuck to my blades it took me like 3 minutes for one hole |
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PECo
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Location: Avon, CT
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| Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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Just plunge your auger into the water after you've bored all the way through the ice. 
Seriously, just power through it. Using a hand auger gets easier as the season wears on. You'll get used to it in no time. 
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Tat2Jawsh
Joined: 12 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:45 am Post subject: |
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| paint it black.. it helps a little. and make sure you dont set it down in the snow after drilling. brush off a clear spot to lay it down. |
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Tat2Jawsh
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| Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:46 am Post subject: |
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| another good trick is automotive wax |
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ctguy43
Joined: 23 Jan 2012
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Location: Brookfield, CT
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| Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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In automotive stores, they have spray de-icers for windshields -spray it on the blades  |
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perfect hook set
Joined: 24 Feb 2008
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Location: Danbury
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| Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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This is the best advice peco will ever give =P
I agree though its free and it works every time!
If any thing wipe the blades off with a rag after plunging it into the water
| PECo wrote: | Just plunge your auger into the water after you've bored all the way through the ice.
Seriously, just power through it. Using a hand auger gets easier as the season wears on. You'll get used to it in no time. |
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SeaDog1
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| Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
As taught to me years ago by an oldtimer use real Bee's Wax.
Mariner's have used it for centuries sewing up ship sails.
So it made sense to me!
Sticks to just about anything, water proof, and won't wash off!
Also Bio-degradable.
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PECo
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| Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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On Saturday, I knocked the ice off of my auger blades with the hard plastic handles of my ice picks. After that, I kept them clear of the snow by putting the auger into my shelter, which is rigged on a small Jet Sled type of sled.
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perfect hook set
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| Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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Spray vegetable oil on your auger
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