{"id":622,"date":"2013-10-22T22:57:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T22:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/suigenerisbrewing.com\/index.php\/2013\/10\/22\/10-dollar-10-minute-tap-handels\/"},"modified":"2017-09-15T16:18:54","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T16:18:54","slug":"10-dollar-10-minute-tap-handels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/suigenerisbrewing.com\/index.php\/2013\/10\/22\/10-dollar-10-minute-tap-handels\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Dollar, 10 minute Tap Handels"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Over the weekend I built a pair of tap handles, based on a derivative of Revvy’s design<\/a>. \u00a0His design is quite innovative – a handle & \u00a0frame supports a magnetically-attached collector card card protector. \u00a0The label is inserted into the protector, thus labelling the brew. \u00a0My design (picture to right) is based on Revvy’s, but is a little more svelte in design, easier to build, can be made for less than $10 each, and takes about 10 minutes to make (not including drying time).<\/p>\n

The design is simple – the centre pin of a pre-turned replacement chair leg is removed and replaced with a threaded insert which allows it to be screwed onto a keg post. \u00a0A bit of the handle is cut away to allow a steel mending plate to be attached vertically to the tap – this holds the card protector\/label in place via a strip of magnetic tape attached to the back of the card protector.<\/p>\n

This has a number of advantages – aside from letting a label do double duty as both a bottle label & keg label, the labels from old batches of beer can be stuck to the keggorator\/keezer – ala fridge magnets – allowing them to be reused and providing a bit of visual appeal to the fridge (and working as a reminder of the many magnificent brews that have passed through your kegs).<\/p>\n

Very few tools are needed for this project – a saw that can do fine cuts (I used a table jigsaw, but a jewellers saw or razer saw would work equally well), a screwdriver, a pair of pliers, a hand drill, and a paint brush!<\/p>\n

Details of the build can be found below the fold.
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For each tap\u00a0handle\u00a0(L to R):<\/i><\/p>\n