nik
spending too much on rocks
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Post by nik on Aug 17, 2019 5:11:18 GMT -5
IMG-20190609-WA0005 by nik hintz, on Flickr A zinc bar top for a friend's new brew pub. There is a vesicular basalt tap handle in the works as well
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Post by fernwood on Aug 17, 2019 5:13:26 GMT -5
Very cool. Can't wait to see the tap handle.
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Post by rmf on Aug 17, 2019 6:50:36 GMT -5
I once did an amethyst gear shift knob for an antique car. It was quite unusual. The tap handle is a great idea. Maybe you could do a different rock for each brew.
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Post by miket on Aug 17, 2019 7:18:20 GMT -5
Nice!
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NDK
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Post by NDK on Aug 17, 2019 7:28:47 GMT -5
Definitely a cool idea! My brother and his wife are accomplished home Brewers. A rock tap handle never crossed my mind.
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Post by rockjunquie on Aug 17, 2019 12:37:37 GMT -5
Very nice! A stone tap will be icing on the cake.
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nik
spending too much on rocks
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Post by nik on Aug 17, 2019 17:49:12 GMT -5
IMG_20190818_083138 by nik hintz, on Flickr IMG_20190818_083205 by nik hintz, on Flickr IMG_20190818_083147 by nik hintz, on Flickr The finished tap handle, the stone is about 4"x1.5". The basalt was a strange material to work with, the weathered olivine, pyroxine, and secondary carbonates all have such varied hardness. The matrix undercut slightly, but not enough that I'm worried about it. Now I'm on the hunt for a nice chunk of banded arragonite for the next one. The goal is to keep the materials as local as possible, but Guam is a bit limited as far as geological diversity goes.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Aug 17, 2019 17:59:30 GMT -5
That looks great! Be sure to post the others as you finish them. That is such a cool idea.
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Post by fernwood on Aug 19, 2019 6:25:01 GMT -5
That looks great.
As someone who works in a tap house with 30 beers, I appreciate that it looks ergonomically correct. The undercutting will help provide some grip when using the handle. I for one, would not want a super smooth tap handle.
The undercutting may make cleaning the handle a little more difficult, but well worth it.
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nik
spending too much on rocks
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Post by nik on Aug 20, 2019 0:42:04 GMT -5
Thanks to everybody for the input. The undercutting is minimal, more visual than tactile. I'd say less than a thousandth of an inch, you can see the variance in polish, but it won't catch a finger nail.
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