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

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I was thinking theat you could use it for your favorite brew, that way the other guys dont wanna touch it..especially after you tell em its molded from yours.....

And yes revy yes it dose , not a process I would got though by choice again

I don't have enough clearance over my taps to do that. :rockin:
 
Just made another tap handle... Drilling the hole to run the tap (to thread it) was a bit more trouble than I had expected, but I still got it done pretty fast.

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The new one is in the middle. :D
 
Looking at picking up a fake suppressor and turning that into a handle too. :D I'll just need to make an adapter from the threads on it, to what the taps use. :D
 
I'm thinking a flathead rod and piston for one.
Maybe a stromberg 97 carb if I could fit in in the lineup and it wasn't too heavy.
A 50 BMG round ( dummy round )
A hand grenade
a 65 buick skylark hood ornament
 
I'm holding off on a couple of new tap handles until I see if I'm getting a mini lathe (still haven't decided). That way I'll be able to [easily] make the mount for the fake silencer I have my eyes on (works with AR15's). :D I think that would be cool to use for the bigger brews. Like the 8.9% old ale, or 12.5% wee heavy. :rockin: Basically, they're to shut people UP! :fro:

Oh, and I have some 50 BMG dummy rounds on hand...
 
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.
 
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!
 
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...
 
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...
 
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.

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.
 
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. :D

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. :D If you have it upright, you need to drill out the base and then tap it.
 
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. :D

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.


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. :D 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.
 
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.

If you're feeling generous, I'd love to use something from that box as a handle. Provided it's large enough to actually function as a handle. :D


I'll probably go upright and seat a bullet in it.

I scored a few already made off ebray... There's a pic in one of my earlier posts (this page) showing it (on the far left tap)... I have several more in a box that I'm thinking about converting (dummy/inert rounds)... I also have a few more 20mm rounds that I'll probably convert once I get my mini lathe. :D
 

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