…or that thick. I took a hand drill out to see how thick the ice on the lake is. I leaned a little too hard on the drill, and the ice turned out to be not nearly thick enough. Of course I did not want to know how thick it was near the shore, but at the end of the dock. It was around 20F, and I was wearing 4 layers, gloves, and my field boots. I went in up to my chest. The water was not too bad, although very bracing. Ethan was there to ask if it was cold. Once I was back inside and stripped down to my boxers, I felt pretty good. I can see why folks do those polar bear swims… The drill is still on the bottom of the lake. Maybe I will have to do some diving before it gets too thick. Or maybe I will wait till spring.
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- Dave Goodrich on Why the long face?
- ChrisDennis on Why the long face?
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- Jeff on Why the long face?
- Will DeHart on Heavy reading, idle hands
- justen on Roasting
- luke on Heavy reading, idle hands
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- Daniel on Mid summer update
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Time for a coffee roast gathering with a polar bear swim ending? First one to find the drill wins!
Hey, if that’s our drill, you better go get it right now! Just kidding! Wish I could have witnessed the tumble.
I suspected it was not a fall ON the ice that finished off the phone… I guess if one lives by a lake in Michigan, one must fall through the ice at least once!
Assume it was a cordless drill. Maybe with fresh water it could be dried out and still work. Have never tried that experiment! (Though we did manage to dry out Mom’s computer…)
It was not an electric hand drill, but a vintage hand drill or ratchet brace, it seems. It has the large U shape in the middle that you crank around by hand. A good magnet could bring it back up… It is the same one I used last year to check ice thickness, but never this early, and maybe a little more carefully…
Okay, got a clear picture now. We called them ‘a brace and bit’ and they were used for boring big holes, which I guess was the goal.