Motorized ice auger spins out of control - GIF

Motorized ice auger spins out of control.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...473#post131908
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...640#post118133
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...440#post116871
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...9299#post89007

that' not a jiffy drill with a tecumseh engine. It would have quit about the time it hit the ice, if it started at all.

a one man Chinese fire drill
just one good reason why NOT to wire the dead man switch in the on position.

Well, at least they have small gas tanks. Couldn't be more than a 3 hour wait (for the next fire drill).
When all that knocking about creates a larger hole, before whole powerhead drops through.