Designed / Built my own ice chipper

[NAW]

Loosing one down the hole gives you a chance to make a newer, better one with out having to convince the wife.

[richyb]

Nice spud. I should make a new one also. The couple I have are now in "S" shapes from prying up my hut lol

[irishfield]

Starting to think a lot of you guys should be carring a welding magnet and 100 feet of rope!!

[NAW]

Funny, I was thinking the same thing..

[Billy Bob]

It works great to get built up ice off the driveway too.

Edited January 22, 2012 by Billy Bob

[NAW]

My driveway is gravel. I like to keep a good layer of packed snow or ice. Saves the plastic chute on my snowblower.

[vinnimon]

Nice job on the spud

 

I made one of my own a few years back and only used to break the ice around my door step. I will get a pic of it when I get a chance. I used rebar and a castor rear axle shim from a mack truck

[motion]

Nice job there Nick. You're right in that knurling is tough on the hands. I suggest you wrap some rubber tape around the handle. It will give you a good grip and provide some insulation from the cold DOM tube. Let me know if you need some. I may be coming up to the GTG and can bring you a roll.

 

Tony

[newb09]

Good job man.

 

I m just curious, how long would it take to make a hole with a tool like that.?

Edited January 23, 2012 by steelheader09

[Skipper D]

I have some here i made up if any one wants to know , i used 2" trailer balls on the ends of them , makes them pack a bit more weight to the punch and fits the palm of your hand nice less'ning the shock .

[misfish]

If you put at V notch on the tip of the point it will chip the ice better. Did that with mine and works great.

 

Yep

[NAW]

Let me know if you need some. I may be coming up to the GTG and can bring you a roll.

 

Thanks for the offer. I think I'll keep it bare metal for now though.

 

See you this weekend!

 

I m just curious, how long would it take to make a hole with a tool like that.?

 

Depends on ice thickness, and how much energy you have.

 

I use it more for cleaning up holes for my hut. I drill a figure 8 with my auger (two holes slightly over lapping). Then use the chipper to open the two holes up to a slot. This matches up with the holes cut in the floor of my hut. 9" Dia auger, works out to a slot 9" wide, by 16" long.

 

They are also very good if you go back to the same holes the next day, and need to clean out an inch or two of ice.

Edited January 23, 2012 by N.A.W

[DanD]

Just an idea if you did want to cover the tee handle; is this stuff from Loctite. It’s a liquid rubber compound that when it dries, sticks like baby crap to a blanket. It comes in different colours (the rubber not the crap); red would make it very visible, lying out in the snow.

 

Dan.