Metal spigot to replace plastic spigot on bottling bucket

[KidDynamite]

Hey folks,

this weekend, I broke the plastic spigot on my bottling bucket. No big deal - I've used it for a few years, and it's a cheap part to replace. However, before I could even replace it, I borrowed my friend's brand new bottling bucket, and somehow, through a combination of apparent Herculean Beer Strength and idiocy, managed to break his too (in a different way from the way mine broke).

This got me wondering if there's any standard mod that people use when replacing broken plastic spigots - ie, do you replace it with a more durable spigot - something like what many of us do when converting a cooler to a mash tun, as seen here:

http://www.onemansbeer.com/diy-mash-tun-build/

?

thanks...
-KD

 

[Homercidal]

You could maybe rig it up with a weldless spigot, but I think replacement spigots are like $2.50 each...