If you could have any object turned into a tap handle, what would it be?

[Golddiggie]

If you use the ice fishing rod, you could just use the entire thing... They ARE pretty small after all...

I might use my old fishing rod grip, now that you've brought the idea up. :rockin: Of course, I don't have a kegging setup yet, so it's not like I'll be doing this anytime soon.

 

[arturo7]

How about a white marble sculpture of a sexy woman's foot.

Bronze would be OK too.

 

[GroosBrewz]

How about a white marble sculpture of a sexy woman's foot.

Bronze would be OK too.

Ummm.. Ok..
If you are Jeffery Dahmer or Hannibal Lector maybe.... But hey, to each their own!

 

[arturo7]

Ummm.. Ok..
If you are Jeffery Dahmer or Hannibal Lector maybe.... But hey, to each their own!

marble dude, not flesh

where's your head at?

 

[LakewoodBrew]

Ummm.. Ok..
If you are Jeffery Dahmer or Hannibal Lector maybe.... But hey, to each their own!

I was totaly thinking fetish...

 

[curlyfat]

I don't know....a finger or something might be kinda badass. Maybe a hand flipping you off...

 

[LakewoodBrew]

I think a collection of sesame street charecters would be nice.. A different one for each tap.

"Hey could you get me another glass of Big Bird?"

 

[Golddiggie]

How about a white marble sculpture of a sexy woman's foot.

Bronze would be OK too.

Can you say 'foot fetish'?? I know you can...

How about one of the wood spirals you can use for oaking your brew? :rockin:

I'd like to get a skull with a few bullet holes in it... Or maybe several that start off with a single hole, and then progress to more and more in there...

Railroad spike might be cool too...

 

[LakewoodBrew]

I'd like to get a skull with a few bullet holes in it... Or maybe several that start off with a single hole, and then progress to more and more in there...
:

Check the desert outside of Los Angeles, you never know when one will turn up.

 

[Golddiggie]

I think a collection of sesame street charecters would be nice.. A different one for each tap.

"Hey could you get me another glass of Big Bird?"

Get creative with where you put the threaded insert... Or how you position them... Could make for some interesting conversations... You could also threaten to use some of your kids doll's heads, or other parts, for tap handles when they're bad... Just be prepared to pay for their 'therapy' later. :rockin:

LakewoodBrew, if you want to scout the area for me, that would be cool... I was thinking of using fake ones, that were much smaller, so that I could space them closer together. Plus, I'd want to make sure they would be strong enough to withstand many years of use.

 

[LakewoodBrew]

Get creative with where you put the threaded insert... Or how you position them... Could make for some interesting conversations... You could also threaten to use some of your kids doll's heads, or other parts, for tap handles when they're bad... Just be prepared to pay for their 'therapy' later. :rockin:

LakewoodBrew, if you want to scout the area for me, that would be cool... I was thinking of using fake ones, that were much smaller, so that I could space them closer together. Plus, I'd want to make sure they would be strong enough to withstand many years of use.

I'm sure Therapy is in the cards. Probably on both sides of this conversation.

 

[Golddiggie]

I'm sure Therapy is in the cards. Probably on both sides of this conversation.

Not on this side... I'm more in line with R. Lee Ermey's school of therapy... Shoot all the commie watermellons!! :rockin: Plus, belt fed happiness.

 

[GroosBrewz]

I like the Sesame Street idea. I really would've thought that by now, Sesame would be "retro".. I saw it the other day on television, still going strong, still the same damn actors and characters on the show that were there when I watched it in the 70's.. Guess it will never be "retro" if it keeps going on..

 

[GroosBrewz]

I got it.. I have 4 taps.. One Freddy Krueger, One Jason Vorhees, One Michael Myers, and the last one Leatherface from Chainsaw Massacre....... And if I had room I would throw in a Gremlin just for fun....

 

[arturo7]

Maybe the three monkeys with a fourth one added, Drink No Evil.

 

[GroosBrewz]

Maybe the three monkeys with a fourth one added, Drink No Evil.

Nice....

 

[rdwj]

Anything? I'll go with the still beating hearts of my enemies. Those would be a conversation starter for sure.

 

[Golddiggie]

Anything? I'll go with the still beating hearts of my enemies. Those would be a conversation starter for sure.

Could make pouring a decent pint more difficult though... Unless you encase them in something, then it's more interesting...

 

[Golddiggie]

Maybe the three monkeys with a fourth one added, Drink No Evil.

But evil can taste soooo goooooood

 

[TXCrash]

or

I'd get banned for posting any more of doc johnson's line...

 

[brewmonk]

i'mm not commenting on the multi-digit love clubs.

what about a bull horn, or an old powder horn *(that would already have a wooden base fitted to it)

 

[LakewoodBrew]

How about a sleek Black tapered cylinder with a smooth glossy finish.

 

[Golddiggie]

Fake stick of dynamite for your 'hop bomb'??

 

[brewmonk]

that'd be funnt, a green stick of tnt, and a priming cap

 

[arturo7]

Fake stick of dynamite for your 'hop bomb'??

Maybe 4 sticks taped together with a timer.

 

[LakewoodBrew]

How about a novelty plastic poo for that experimental brew that didn't turn out so great.

 

[Golddiggie]

that'd be funnt, a green stick of tnt, and a priming cap

Whatever color you like... I know they have different colored sticks in use today... So maybe a green one, red one and yellow one... Research the markings to make it as accurate as possible. For the old one, make a fake fuse you would put a match to. The others could use more like blasting caps.

Could put new meaning to 'getting lit'...

arturo7, only 4 sticks?? Could also use some silly putty, or something, to make some fake C4/Semtex for that... Make a fake digital timer on it, that's actually a real clock... Or counting up from when it was kegged.

LakewoodBrew, I think the poo handle was mentioned earlier. Someone was going to use something the dog left in the yard (I wouldn't go near that with a 20' pole)... Fake turds, or puke could be for that batch that wasn't quite as planned...

Could also use a bedpan... Just make sure it's clean first...

Industrial toilet flush handles could work too...

 

[Homercidal]

Ok, I'm so making a sticks of dynamite Hop Bomb tap handle. Well, at least I'll add it to my list of things to do...

 

[Jota21]

Trophy toppers make pretty cool conversation pieces...

SWMBO stumbled across a few for $.25 each and thought they were funny, so she bought them and asked what we could do with them. Obviously, i thought of tap handles.

We went to home depot and found a small section of wood in the railing aisle, painted it black, put an insert in the bottom and drilled a hole in the top. Each topper just drops down into the hole and fits nice and snug, but you just have to pull it out and you can swap them in 2 seconds. A scrap piece of 2x4 and the same drill bit make a handy display rack!

Also, you'll see in the picture, the hockey puck that I used to use, and plan on rotating back in regularly.

And, I know i posted it a few posts ago, but I'm including a picture of our hallween handle so that I can have all of mine together.

 

[bad coffee]

Old kegerator:
https://cdn.homebrewtalk.com/gallery/data/1/medium/IMG_02731.jpg

New one, I'll take some pics later.

tap handles are 3/8-16 threads. ANYTHING with a 3/8" fitting will work. Mickey has a 4" bolt through his neck to the tap.

The mic has an actual mic-thread adapter on it. The one that comes with just about every mic to adapt the thread from 'mic stand' to 3/8. I also screw/glue/epoxy/weld these fittings into anything I want to make into a tap handle.

The Lady would get angry if I used her "toy" as a tap handle.

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