DIY Tap Handles

[BrewBeemer]

Side of the road? Beemer, you suck.

In other news - drilled a 6 inch piece of 2x1 maple with a half inch bit, jiggled bit around a little to increase diameter slightly, clamped the thinner end to reinforce it, and slowly threaded the insert in. And guess what? It SPLIT THE DAMN WOOD AGAIN!!

I would cut the insert threads down until they're about 3/4 gone almost to the root of the thread for epoxy to bite with only a snug press in fit into a straight clean drilled hole then insert with epoxy. My opinion these brass thread inserts are too short to begin with. I would make them 2" to 3" long out of brass then tap the end to screw onto your taps threads. No working loose being longer or splitting the wood handles plus added grooves to these inserts for the epoxy to bite and hold better. Just an idea.

 

[BigJerk]

I made this out of an old wooden candlestick I found at goodwill. I glued a wine cork into the spot where the candle goes and drilled that out for the threaded insert. The soft cork worked great with no splitting (I've had trouble in the past with that.

http://picasaweb.google.com/101164913650925281723/Beer#5477273031862028898

Then my wife found this guy on a shelf of knick knacks at goodwill and said "This will make a good taphandle, and behold! Fu Man Brew, dispenser of beer!

http://picasaweb.google.com/101164913650925281723/Beer#5477273027492891698

 

[shortyjacobs]

I made this out of an old wooden candlestick I found at goodwill. I glued a wine cork into the spot where the candle goes and drilled that out for the threaded insert. The soft cork worked great with no splitting (I've had trouble in the past with that.

http://picasaweb.google.com/101164913650925281723/Beer#5477273031862028898

Then my wife found this guy on a shelf of knick knacks at goodwill and said "This will make a good taphandle, and behold! Fu Man Brew, dispenser of beer!

http://picasaweb.google.com/101164913650925281723/Beer#5477273027492891698

The candlestick is good, but the Fu Man Brew is inspired!!