clam ice auger conversion kit

[LAJ]

My early Christmas present. When I get out on the ice I'll let you know how it worked.
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[Dry_Fly_Guy]

Let us know how it works with the ryobi. I made my own with a rigid drill and it works awesome. You need a drill with lots of torque. I haven't looked up the specs on the ryobi but the rigid 18v has enough and also one of the Milwaukee 18 volt drills does. I think clam recommends Makita drills.
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[fmrusmc]

Hopefully but works good. Let us k ow how it works. (If we ever get any ice)
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[DKStroutfitter]

The folks at Sportsman's in Riverdale have had very good feedback on this unit.
The key to it is the drill.
Like already stated you need a lot of torque for it to work.

Take your time drilling with it. Don't force it at all.
Get a hand sharpener for the auger blades and touch them up as needed.
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[LAJ]

It does have the Hi Lo gearbox and I went with the Ryobi because I already had the battery packs for it. I'm hoping it works.
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[Charina]

First run with mine was on Sat. Went with rigid hammer drill as it has 650 in/lbs of torque. With a 2 amp hour battery, and 5 inch auger, I drilled about 200 inches of ice on one battery. Not a bit of hesitation. Punched right through 10 inches in seconds with minimal sound.

I think I'll take the rigid back and upgrade to the recommended milluake fuel as I believe it comes with larger 4 amp hour batteries. When searching for perch, I might run out of battery with the smaller 2 amp hour batteries.
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