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Date: 11 Sep 2006 16:46:15
From: Brian Foster
Subject: Tap Handles
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Do any of you folks make your own, or customize tap handles? Any good web
sights that you have experience with?
I don't have a woodworking shop or metal fab equip at my disposal but I
could buy components and assemble.
I think it would be pretty neat to have a couple of nice looking handles
that I could update with whatever brew I was pouring.
Thanks.
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Date: 12 Sep 2006 02:03:58
From: mike vore
Subject: Re: Tap Handles
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Brian Foster wrote:
> Do any of you folks make your own, or customize tap handles? Any good web
> sights that you have experience with?
>
> I don't have a woodworking shop or metal fab equip at my disposal but I
> could buy components and assemble.
>
> I think it would be pretty neat to have a couple of nice looking handles
> that I could update with whatever brew I was pouring.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
I'm both a Homebrewer and a Woodturner. When I'm not brewing I can be found at
the lathe. Besides Bowls I have made Wine (or beer) Stoppers. And since I
began brewing I have turned a few tap handles. But I've been too busy to take
many pictures and get them on-line. The shapes I've made are all 'spur of the
moment' - nothing planned except for one made from Pink Ivory (a wood) which
is in the shape of a bottle. Each one is unique - no two the same.
Sitting in front of me now are 5; Cherry Burl, Bocote, Pink Ivory, Olive,
Mahogany. I'll try to get them photographed and up on the website (late)
tomorrow. Watch for it.
--
Mike Vore
http://www.OhMyWoodness.com
http://mike.vorefamily.net/twr
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Date: 12 Sep 2006 20:35:15
From: mike vore
Subject: Re: Tap Handles
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mike vore wrote:
> Brian Foster wrote:
>> Do any of you folks make your own, or customize tap handles? Any good web
>> sights that you have experience with?
>>
>> I don't have a woodworking shop or metal fab equip at my disposal but I
>> could buy components and assemble.
>>
>> I think it would be pretty neat to have a couple of nice looking handles
>> that I could update with whatever brew I was pouring.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>
> I'm both a Homebrewer and a Woodturner. When I'm not brewing I can be found at
> the lathe. Besides Bowls I have made Wine (or beer) Stoppers. And since I
> began brewing I have turned a few tap handles. But I've been too busy to take
> many pictures and get them on-line. The shapes I've made are all 'spur of the
> moment' - nothing planned except for one made from Pink Ivory (a wood) which
> is in the shape of a bottle. Each one is unique - no two the same.
>
> Sitting in front of me now are 5; Cherry Burl, Bocote, Pink Ivory, Olive,
> Mahogany. I'll try to get them photographed and up on the website (late)
> tomorrow. Watch for it.
>
http://www.OhMyWoodness.com/TapHandle.shtml
--
Mike Vore
http://www.OhMyWoodness.com
http://mike.vorefamily.net/twr
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Date: 11 Sep 2006 11:56:45
From: John Krehbiel
Subject: Re: Tap Handles
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Brian Foster wrote:
> Do any of you folks make your own, or customize tap handles? Any good web
> sights that you have experience with?
>
> I don't have a woodworking shop or metal fab equip at my disposal but I
> could buy components and assemble.
>
> I think it would be pretty neat to have a couple of nice looking handles
> that I could update with whatever brew I was pouring.
>
> Thanks.
Northern Brewer has a selection. I've done business with them for a
while, and always been satisfied.
No connection...Yada yada......
John
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Date: 12 Sep 2006 02:19:52
From: Chris Mikkelson
Subject: Re: Tap Handles
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In article <1158001004.893935.136790@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com >,
John Krehbiel <j_krehbiel@hotmail.com > wrote:
>
>Brian Foster wrote:
>> I don't have a woodworking shop or metal fab equip at my disposal but I
>> could buy components and assemble.
[snip]
>
>Northern Brewer has a selection. I've done business with them for a
>while, and always been satisfied.
In particular, the item at the bottom of:
http://northernbrewer.com/tap-handles.html
is the key part. Drill an appropriately-sized hole in
the end of something grabbable and wooden, screw it in,
and put it on your faucet.
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Chris Mikkelson
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Date: 11 Sep 2006 21:54:11
From: Wayne
Subject: Re: Tap Handles
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Chris Mikkelson wrote:
> In article <1158001004.893935.136790@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
> John Krehbiel <j_krehbiel@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Brian Foster wrote:
>>> I don't have a woodworking shop or metal fab equip at my disposal but I
>>> could buy components and assemble.
> [snip]
>> Northern Brewer has a selection. I've done business with them for a
>> while, and always been satisfied.
>
> In particular, the item at the bottom of:
>
> http://northernbrewer.com/tap-handles.html
>
> is the key part. Drill an appropriately-sized hole in
> the end of something grabbable and wooden, screw it in,
> and put it on your faucet.
>
I was going to mention that item myself. Also, with this item in mind
go down to your local home improvement store (HD, Lowe's, etc.) and look
for turned spindles. These are used for building staircase banisters
and for replacement chair legs and such. You can cut sections out of
one of these for a pretty cool tap handle. Just drill a hole in one end
as mentioned above and finish it the way you want.
Wayne
Bugeater Brewing Company
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Date: 12 Sep 2006 14:23:04
From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
Subject: Re: Tap Handles
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On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:54:11 -0500, <bugeaterbrewing@charter.net > wrote:
> I was going to mention that item myself. Also, with this item in mind
> go down to your local home improvement store (HD, Lowe's, etc.) and look
> for turned spindles. These are used for building staircase banisters
> and for replacement chair legs and such. You can cut sections out of
> one of these for a pretty cool tap handle. Just drill a hole in one end
> as mentioned above and finish it the way you want.
That's where I got my first set of tap handles from. I had an old wooden
chair with fancy legs on it that I hacked apart. They worked pretty well
and looked surprising good as tap handles, considering that's not really
what they were meant to be.
John.
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Date: 11 Sep 2006 18:30:09
From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
Subject: Re: Tap Handles
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On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:46:15 GMT, <brianfoster@houston.rr.com > wrote:
> Do any of you folks make your own, or customize tap handles? Any good web
> sights that you have experience with?
>
> I don't have a woodworking shop or metal fab equip at my disposal but I
> could buy components and assemble.
>
> I think it would be pretty neat to have a couple of nice looking handles
> that I could update with whatever brew I was pouring.
I don't have any links handy, but I found lots of websites that make them
when I was looking. There are also a ton of them on ebay usually. Apparently
there's a pretty big community of collectors out there, so it's relatively
easy to find commercial tap handles.
Finding someone to make custom handles might be a bit trickier, but lots of
places make generic ones that you might be able to customize yourself. What
I did for mine was to find a relatively common commercial handle that I could
replace the label on. I printed up my own labels on photo paper and used
rubber cement to glue them to the handle. They look fairly decent. Nothing
professional looking, but good enough for my home bar.
MoreBeer has a few, but I would expect most big online homebrew stores
carry something similar:
http://morebeer.com/browse.html?category_id=1198
One of theirs is a generic handle that you can replace the label on, to make
it specific to whatever beer you happened to have on tap at the time.
John.
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Date: 12 Sep 2006 04:00:58
From: Artarius
Subject: Re: Tap Handles
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This place can make anything out of metal. -I'm sure they can do custom tap
handles.
Check out the WILD tap stands!
And look at the Malt Mill -it's a work of art!!!!!
http://waylandworks.com/index.htm
They are in the Czech Republic tho.
"John 'Shaggy' Kolesar" <spam@shagg.net > wrote in message
news:slrnegbava.181.spam@weizen.shagg.net...
> On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:46:15 GMT, <brianfoster@houston.rr.com> wrote:
>> Do any of you folks make your own, or customize tap handles? Any good web
>> sights that you have experience with?
>>
>> I don't have a woodworking shop or metal fab equip at my disposal but I
>> could buy components and assemble.
>>
>> I think it would be pretty neat to have a couple of nice looking handles
>> that I could update with whatever brew I was pouring.
>
> I don't have any links handy, but I found lots of websites that make them
> when I was looking. There are also a ton of them on ebay usually.
> Apparently
> there's a pretty big community of collectors out there, so it's relatively
> easy to find commercial tap handles.
>
> Finding someone to make custom handles might be a bit trickier, but lots
> of
> places make generic ones that you might be able to customize yourself.
> What
> I did for mine was to find a relatively common commercial handle that I
> could
> replace the label on. I printed up my own labels on photo paper and used
> rubber cement to glue them to the handle. They look fairly decent.
> Nothing
> professional looking, but good enough for my home bar.
>
> MoreBeer has a few, but I would expect most big online homebrew stores
> carry something similar:
>
> http://morebeer.com/browse.html?category_id=1198
>
> One of theirs is a generic handle that you can replace the label on, to
> make
> it specific to whatever beer you happened to have on tap at the time.
>
>
> John.
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Date: 12 Sep 2006 08:12:57
From: Dan Logcher
Subject: Re: Tap Handles
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Brian Foster wrote:
> Do any of you folks make your own, or customize tap handles? Any good web
> sights that you have experience with?
>
> I don't have a woodworking shop or metal fab equip at my disposal but I
> could buy components and assemble.
>
> I think it would be pretty neat to have a couple of nice looking handles
> that I could update with whatever brew I was pouring.
If anyone is interested, I know the guy who makes these.
http://sea-stones.com/
I've been trying to tell him to make tap handles too.
--
Dan
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