Show me your tap handles!

[grampamark]

I had a bunch of 5/8"wrenches in my extra wrenches bin. I turned 3 of them into faucet handles.

 

[501irishred]

I had a bunch of 5/8"wrenches in my extra wrenches bin. I turned 3 of them into faucet handles.

Nice job! Is it the lighting, or are the wrenches/handles and drip tray copper color?

 

[grampamark]

Nice job! Is it the lighting, or are the wrenches/handles and drip tray copper color?

It's just the lighting. I installed LED lights in my basement a while back and those lights don't have a real "natural" color, at least to my eye.

 

[501irishred]

One I made out of a vintage (steel, pull tab) can. Think I’ll fill it with foam to keep trash out of it but is sturdy enough as is.

 

[Jtk78]

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• Jtk78
• Apr 6, 2018

Added 2 more faucets and tap handles.

I added the 3 and 4 I made.

 

[John Paul Stoddard]

One I made out of a vintage (steel, pull tab) can. Think I’ll fill it with foam to keep trash out of it but is sturdy enough as is.

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I was about to ask if you filled it with anything? The old steel cans don't dent as easy as the New Aluminums

 

[501irishred]

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• Jtk78
• Apr 6, 2018

Added 2 more faucets and tap handles.

I added the 3 and 4 I made.

Nice! That 4 must weigh a ton!!

 

[Jtk78]

Nice! That 4 must weigh a ton!!

It's not too bad. The two 45 degree els are 3/8", everything above them is 1/4". It feels pretty good for pouring.

 

[Duane Hallowell]

I went all out and machined these from solid 6061 billet aluminum. My hobby has turned into a side job that never ends.. lol

 

[phendog]

Kids got me these this past Christmas

 

[iseesam]

Drop the mic!

 

[dwalters]

An antique John Sommers Peerlees wooden tap that's on my homemade beer engine. Cost was less than $20 with all the chrome add-ons.

 

[kdebow]

Suckling pig skull. This is from way back. Getting ready to upgrade the kegerator to a keezer and make a bunch of new ones. More to come.

 

[Staticsouls]

I got my neighbor into homebrew and he printed this for me.

 

[ajenka]

My son made these for me for Father's Day last year.

 

[Beachbrewin]

A couple of tap handles from Funky Buddha in South Florida that I was able to paint in a local craft brew shop, one from Wicked Weed before they sold out, and a basic chalk board style.
My GF made the surf board brew sign hanging up in back.

 

[greenglom]

Still thinking of an idea for my second tap handle.

 

[dave damage]

Finally got them all together on a new keezer build.

 

[Tbagger]

Here are my 3 current handles. I’m going to be making more soon.

 

[thorn_bird]

Some things I've done in the past...so many more ideas. The bowling pin I did 10 of for a bowling alley in Knoxville, TN.

 

[Sebastian Weetabix]

For some odd reason, I like tap handles!

I have around thirty more.

 

[hey4q2pal]

Keezer is being used as a fermtank right now so the collar is off rt now

 

[grampamark]

I swapped out my wrench handles for some faux license plate numbers (buck apiece at Hobby Lobby).

 

[501irishred]

I swapped out my wrench handles for some faux license plate numbers (buck apiece at Hobby Lobby).

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Very nice! I didn’t know Hobby Lobby knew how to use the $1 button on there price list. Did you wear out the wrenches (still like those a lot)?

 

[501irishred]

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For some odd reason, I like tap handles!

I have around thirty more.

mind revealing how you attached the first three to what appears to be an all thread connector ?

 

[Sebastian Weetabix]

That’s how Magic Hat Brewing does it. ALL of my Magic Hat tap handles are like that.

 

[501irishred]

Gotcha! Well it certainly presents well. So is it the kind of magic that can be learned (David Copperfield), or would I need have been born with it (Marie Laveau)? It sees that method would open up a whole plethora of items that could be turned into handles.

 

[tmorin]

Just made this for a beer that's in the carboy.

 

[501irishred]

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Beautifully done! Did you mill the metal or adapt ready made pieces? Either way it’s awesome. The only problem is it’s going to be hard to beat your first post. Welcome to the forum!!

 

[tmorin]

Beautifully done! Did you mill the metal or adapt ready made pieces? Either way it’s awesome. The only problem is it’s going to be hard to beat your first post. Welcome to the forum!!

Thank you! I machined every piece. The insert I milled and pressed into the wood after paint filling it! This was my first attempt an am excited to make more!