Alun Saunders wrote in message ...
I've just bought an unhandled shell auger, and want to make a handle for
it. That's not a problem, but I'm a little curious about how to actually
fit the auger into the handle once I've made it. On the non business
end, it's got what I can only describe as a blunt spear head, presumably
this stops the whole thing rotating in the handle.

So, do I just drill a hole the same diameter as the shaft of the auger
and somehow force the "spearhead" into this hole, or is there something
else I should be doing. I guess I'll need some kind of ferrule too.

TIA,
Alun,
normally the auger would go into a carpenter's 2 jaw brace. Sometimes
a wood handle was fitted so as to form a T. To do this all you need is
a suitably sized piece of round stock which you can chop a square
tapered mortise into. Sometimes to add strength and prevent the auger
pulling out of the handle, I have seen the square "blunt spear head"
drilled and tapped in the end to take a bolt with a backing washer.