Why no higher end picnic taps?

[bracconiere]

The stainless one broke?

yeah...i'm thinking maybe rigging a little bolt, then drill a small hole, then hax saw it to get a metal plunger....i'll have to put more thought into it, i still love the things, but that was a bummer...

and being this was a product development page, and it's doesn't sound they really flying off the shelves, just want to say MY PLUNGER BROKE! i had a few spares around though....

 

[Oleson M.D.]

yeah...i'm thinking maybe rigging a little bolt, then drill a small hole, then hax saw it to get a metal plunger....i'll have to put more thought into it, i still love the things, but that was a bummer...

and being this was a product development page, and it's doesn't sound they really flying off the shelves, just want to say MY PLUNGER BROKE! i had a few spares around though....

Poor design and engineering. These picnic taps could be made to last years...

 

[bracconiere]

These picnic taps could be made to last years...

that's what i want to happen! Torpedo, basicly saw this thread an machined them for this nich audience...

 

[ba-brewer]

Anyone know if there is a place to get the nylon plunger posts thingy for the torpedo stainless picnic taps?

I recently broke one after a couple years of service.

 

[wepeeler]

Anyone know if there is a place to get the nylon plunger posts thingy for the torpedo stainless picnic taps?

I recently broke one after a couple years of service.

Try reaching out to Morebeer: https://www.morebeer.com/products/torpedo-keg-hand-held-stainless-steel-beer-faucet.html

Maybe they have replacement parts?

 

[tracer bullet]

Anyone know if there is a place to get the nylon plunger posts thingy for the torpedo stainless picnic taps?

I recently broke one after a couple years of service.

I'd probably just steal from some plastic ones that are cheap. I doubt it's any different.

 

[ba-brewer]

Try reaching out to Morebeer: https://www.morebeer.com/products/torpedo-keg-hand-held-stainless-steel-beer-faucet.html

Maybe they have replacement parts?

Asked the question on the gasket page will try a direct message next.

I'd probably just steal from some plastic ones that are cheap. I doubt it's any different.

The post from the plastic ones I have on hand are just a tiny bit too short. The good news is the stainless handle fits and seems to work on the plastic one so it might be fix for the usual way the plastic ones fail by losing the a nub.

 

[tracer bullet]

The post from the plastic ones I have on hand are just a tiny bit too short. The good news is the stainless handle fits and seems to work on the plastic one so it might be fix for the usual way the plastic ones fail by losing the a nub.

Interesting! Sorry for the not great advice. I had always felt certain they used the same parts. Then again I've only used on, not owned one, and not taken it apart. It looked like the same housing but metal. Huh, perhaps not.!

 

[ba-brewer]

Not the best camera angle, but ok to see some of the differences.

The cup part is a little deeper so everything needs a slight adjustment. The silicon gasket is slightly longer and so is the plastic post.

 

[agentbud]

MB has the silicon gasket. Not sure about the plunger... https://www.morebeer.com/products/r...eg-handheld-stainless-steel-beer-faucets.html

 

[DuncB]

The post is the part that has broken on my picnic taps in the past and is really the first bit that should be made of metal, shame it isn't.
Wonder if someone could 3d print the posts?

Worth asking on the 3d print forum?

 

[whoaru99]

Maybe you have a machinist buddy who could turn one for ya out of metal/stainless. I'd think close to a "forever" part if metal.