call around at home hardware, canadian tire, wal mart or any other hardware store they have chisel's for sale for as low as 20 bux takes a couple minutes to get through 16 inches of ice but start your hole as about a 6 inch and it will end at about and 8 always give yourself a couple extra inches and as for an axe the top of your hole has to be about 2 feet to get a 6 inch hole at the bottom and you WILL get wet its a guarantee.