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<blockquote data-quote="Davy Crockett" data-source="post: 45813" data-attributes="member: 367"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjRyNwQm4tM" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjRyNwQm4tM</a>&nbsp;I grew up will homemade augers, My dad built 3 different ones in the 50s and 60s .&nbsp;&nbsp; I would go with a light belt pulley system instead of the flywheel,&nbsp; Last one my dad built was the smallest,&nbsp; a simple belt and pulleys reduction unit with a snowmobile starter and swedish spoon cutter it was light and fast and served us for many years. I still have it but The 2nd or 3 rd starter got weak so I used the frame and the spoon but bolted a chainsaw motor and a lovejoy drive to an old model A steering sector to it.&nbsp; It would still work good if I decided to use it but it sure ain't much to look at.&nbsp; &nbsp; I kinda want to try making a direct drive with a rheostat,&nbsp; Variable speed and reverse but I suppose the motor life would be short.&nbsp; I see kids riding those little electric scooters that go like a raped ape, I should&nbsp; look at those to see how they are set up, Belt drive and circuit boards I suppose ,I wonder what volt they are ??&nbsp; &nbsp; Also have an old mobility cart that has VSR but has circuit board controllers are burned out ,&nbsp; a big enough rheostat would be spendy.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Why would anyone want to build an auger ?&nbsp; The reality is,&nbsp; In the end we will have a lot of time and money invested and still no guarantee that it will even work and no warranty that it will hold up.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; My excuse is that building used to be a necessity growing up on the farm then it turned into a hobby.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Now I build things just for the thrill</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Davy Crockett, post: 45813, member: 367"] [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjRyNwQm4tM[/URL] I grew up will homemade augers, My dad built 3 different ones in the 50s and 60s . I would go with a light belt pulley system instead of the flywheel, Last one my dad built was the smallest, a simple belt and pulleys reduction unit with a snowmobile starter and swedish spoon cutter it was light and fast and served us for many years. I still have it but The 2nd or 3 rd starter got weak so I used the frame and the spoon but bolted a chainsaw motor and a lovejoy drive to an old model A steering sector to it. It would still work good if I decided to use it but it sure ain't much to look at. I kinda want to try making a direct drive with a rheostat, Variable speed and reverse but I suppose the motor life would be short. I see kids riding those little electric scooters that go like a raped ape, I should look at those to see how they are set up, Belt drive and circuit boards I suppose ,I wonder what volt they are ?? Also have an old mobility cart that has VSR but has circuit board controllers are burned out , a big enough rheostat would be spendy. Why would anyone want to build an auger ? The reality is, In the end we will have a lot of time and money invested and still no guarantee that it will even work and no warranty that it will hold up. My excuse is that building used to be a necessity growing up on the farm then it turned into a hobby. Now I build things just for the thrill [/QUOTE]

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