Walter
Fellow
Seeing these you remind me that I keep promising to make a handle for my record one. Did yours have the flat diamond shaped tang on the end, if so I presume you took this down to fit into the handle.
Nice job by the way
Nope, the tang stops the auger from revolving in the handle. I just drilled out to the diameter of the shaft then hammered the tang in with a soft headed mallet and the shaft held in a vice with soft jaws.