BA_from_GA
Well-Known Member
just ordered threaded inserts.... built the keezer this past weekend, looks like this coming weekend will be tap handles!
Took this idea from TonySwank. I make the piranha plant out of sculpey, and painted with acrylic. Pipe is pvc and half of a coupler painted with green enamel. Enamel was hardened on pvc in oven at 180 for about 2 hours.
Both of my brothers are gunsmiths, why not use their lathe? Made from solid stainless bar stock.
double handle pic
Finally got around to making one of my own tap handles. Steering linkage from a GM truck. Drilled and tapped the end. Easy as pie,
With one of these:
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and an drill you can make anything into a tap handle (well, not anything, meat wouldn't work, or a cat, but lots of things).
I'm just using oak, though.
Lol watch that does not bind up on you. Lord knows GM cant make a steering shaft that works right.
Got this idea from someone else on this board so I cant take full credit.
I made these tap handles tonight for my kegerator.
I try to always have an IPA and a Stout or dark beer on tap at all times. So I took some used yeast vials and put Whole leaf hops in one and Black Patent Malt in the other. I think they turned out pretty good.
Jake,
I just made two of these vial tap handles last week. What I did was super glue the nut to the inside of the lid. Fill the vial up with grain, then screw the lid on. The first attempt to screw the tap handle to the faucet caused the glue to "break". The trick though was the grain. It still held the nut in place and I was able to get the handle on the faucet. The nut tightens down just right.
That's my trick at least.
Here in post #113 I explain how I used tap handle ferrules to mount yeast vial handles, check it out:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/diy-tap-handle-33455/index12.html#post1848356
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