Ice Drilling Video
Tim shows you a creative use of a cordless drill and a chip auger bit. The chip auger bit can be used to check the thickness of ice on a lake.
Drill into the lake ice until you run out of bit or reach the bottom of the ice. In this case, the auger bit was 16 inches long coming out of the cordless drill chuck. And the drill bit did not break through the bottom of the ice. So it is at least 16 inches thick in the middle of March in New Hampshire.
The lakes stay cold for a long time in the Northeast. You can use your cordless drill to check the ice thickness.
Tim built custom homes and did ultra-custom remodeling for 20+ years before launching his Ask the Builder media presence. He was selected as one of the Big 50 by Remodeling magazine in 1993. This award gave birth to Ask the Builder in October 1993. Tim also operates https://DrawPlumbingPlans.com. His @askthebuilder YouTube channel was the first home improvement channel on YouTube.