Pumpkin tap handle

[dragonlor20]

There are a few pumpkin taps out there to buy, and they are actually pretty cool, but there seems to be tons and tons of them made, so I decided to make my own sharing...

Not bad for a Dremel and a jig saw I think... The handle will get an ebony stain as will the pumpkin stem. The pumpkin will get orange spray paint and after the paint dries, the reliefs will get black paint.

Update:

I had to hit the pumpkin again with paint because it got a little ebony on it, but otherwise, I will repaint the reliefs and the last step will be the poly!

Recoated and repainted:

Already drilled and getting poly coated:

Final Update:

Mounted:

 

[NewkyBrown]

you should have bought one

Ha! That's a bit mean!

 

[LabRatBrewer]

Are you going to stain or paint it? Good job.

 

[Thedutchtouch]

you should have bought one

Lol I know I'm new here but I could have sworn this was the DIY section. OP, good job, if you like it and use it to pour a beer, that's all that matters.

 

[dragonlor20]

you should have bought one

It's ok to laugh. I laughed too. I'm not an expert wood worker, but it's not done yet. The handle will get stained. The pumpkin will get painted and all of it will get coats of poly.

The beer was great either way. Brewed the double batchc featured in the byo out of your gourde edition. Maybe it was zymergy...

 

[anthropod]

Hey I like it! A little color and some poly.. It will look great! Love the stem.

 

[Hello]

you should have bought one

Sometimes it is best to just not hit the reply button, don't you think?


OP, Not bad for just using a dremmel and jigsaw at all. You have to post when it's all painted/stained.

 

[NickTheGreat]

Looks good all things considered! Sounds like you've got the right attitude also.

 

[TNugent]

Don't worry, if some popular microbrewery came out with a tap handle that looked like that people would be all over it and trying to get one. It's unique and that's what counts!

 

[Black_Z28]

you should have bought one

Coming from one of the most illegitimate CA "people" that have ever lived here. A damn GB fan living in CA......that's almost like the devil loving the bible.


I love your DIY dude. Stain it with sacrificed orange guts too. Make it even oranger.

 

[dragonlor20]

I updated the pictures just in case anyone wanted to see how it was turning out. Thanks for all the comments!

 

[anthropod]

It's looking great!

 

[dragonlor20]

Final update. I updated the pictures with the final product - I think it came out pretty well!

And for anyone interested, that big block of wood it is standing on during the poly coat phase is the scrap wood that it came from

 

[anthropod]

Turned out great! I really like it.

 

[241]

I'm a fan of the finished product. The color really helped.

This.... just looks like phallic though ... especially the perspective...

 

[dragonlor20]

I'm a fan of the finished product. The color really helped.

This.... just looks like phallic though ... especially the perspective...

I can't argue with you, at some point in production, tap handles are phallic - and if you are lucky, the small action of pulling a tap handle may eventually have a butterfly effect that leads to the use of a phallus.