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Old 12-06-2012, 06:51 PM   #291
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How about an antique beer can (antique, but not valuable) that has been filled with hardened concrete?


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How about an antique beer can (antique, but not valuable) that has been filled with hardened concrete?
Or an epoxy resin? Might be easier to drill and tap for the faucet.


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Good thinking.... then you could keg as good a clone as you could manage in that tap.

Or you could use an antique Schiltz can just to be a wiseacre, and keg something enjoyable on that tap.
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Good thinking.... then you could keg as good a clone as you could manage in that tap.

Or you could use an antique Schiltz can just to be a wiseacre, and keg something enjoyable on that tap.
Do this, then take some paint or an appropriate colored marker and color in the "L" on the label. Then see if any of your friends notice the "schitz" beer can!
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The bent connecting rod out of my blown-up HEMI.
Just about any automotive or engine part, especially from one you blew yourself, would be cool...
I'd like a headstock from a Fender Strat, Tele, P or Jazz bass, but I'd hate to ruin a guitar...
But imagine having the remains of an authentic Hendrix strat as a tap handle...
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I'd like to adapt an old set of .357 MAG. Highway Patrolman Model 28 walnut grips... A Big N Frame in your hand as you pour a Stout...
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Just about any automotive or engine part, especially from one you blew yourself, would be cool...
I'd like a headstock from a Fender Strat, Tele, P or Jazz bass, but I'd hate to ruin a guitar...
But imagine having the remains of an authentic Hendrix strat as a tap handle...
I have a parts box of blown parts from the couple of times I have rebuilt my Harley's motor. Wonder if anything in there would make a good tap; maybe a cam or something.

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I'd like to adapt an old set of .357 MAG. Highway Patrolman Model 28 walnut grips... A Big N Frame in your hand as you pour a Stout...
I have a piece of .50 BMG brass that I managed to save over the years from when I was in the Corps I plan on using for a tap handle at some point.
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I have a parts box of blown parts from the couple of times I have rebuilt my Harley's motor. Wonder if anything in there would make a good tap; maybe a cam or something.
I'm sure you can find more than a couple of things in that box to adapt... I'd love to have some HD motor parts to convert/turn into handles.

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I have a piece of .50 BMG brass that I managed to save over the years from when I was in the Corps I plan on using for a tap handle at some point.
That can be done pretty easily. I did it with two (no heads on them) a while back. Just need to decide if you want them upright or inverted. Inverted is easier, since you just need to put something inside that you can tap to 3/8"-16 thread. Like a nylon bushing. If you have it upright, you need to drill out the base and then tap it.
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I'm sure you can find more than a couple of things in that box to adapt... I'd love to have some HD motor parts to convert/turn into handles.
I already have a $3k coin jar made from one of the cylinders the last time the motor went down. The mechanic didn't install the wrist pin retaining clip correctly and it tried to bore its way to freedom. It almost got there. Now I have a coin jar made from a piston and cylinder. I'll have to check for anything else that would be usable.


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That can be done pretty easily. I did it with two (no heads on them) a while back. Just need to decide if you want them upright or inverted. Inverted is easier, since you just need to put something inside that you can tap to 3/8"-16 thread. Like a nylon bushing. If you have it upright, you need to drill out the base and then tap it.
I'll probably go upright and seat a bullet in it.


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