lazer auger question

[Fredd]

I am wondering if anyone else has experienced anything like this. We own three solo 2 horse 8inch augers. They range from 1 to four years old. We have had some issues with cutting more than I care to deal with. These don't cut like my old tecumseh for some reason. It seems that the blades have to be super sharp. Yesterday we were cutting and one of the center bits fell off of a unit that was not performing like we would have wished. That auger went from cutting holes in 30 seconds to taking about 10. As I thought about it, I remembered that my first lazer had no center bit and I honestly went ten years on the first set of blades. While the center bit does keep the unit from hopping around, once the drill starts, it literally sucks you down the hole without it there. What happened to this unit was that the welds broke and the whole nut came off (sad for a unit one year old). I am guessing that taking the center point off Will still leave the restriction of the welded nut mount. We are contemplating twisting the other points and mounts off the other two units. That is how amazed we were. Anyone have any ideas. By the way, we did have two of the bits down to big lake this year so they are fully tuned.

[Hawg]

Big Lake?

[McGurk]

If it's a Lazer, don't they spin off?

I took a hand file to mine as it had some nasty burrs on a couple of edges, and it cut much better afterwards. Did the same to my father in law's and he said the same.

[monstermoose78]

There is a shop in Big Lake that works on them. It is just not strike master anymore and it is next to the old strike master building.