1/2" Spigot in beech

[tombear]

For several years now I've had a old Pearsons Pottery vinegar bottle but have never brought it into use due to a lack of a spigot to fit on it. I've begrudged the 8 quid or so (including postage) to buy a 1/2" spigot / tap to go on it and finally decided to have a go at making one.

Apart from not realising modern commercial spigots have a inset cork section to give a tight seal until I'd made the damn thing it was dead easy. Once again i used (about a third of) a carboot rolling pin. I'll do a tutorial when i make another and incorporate the cork seal. This one has a inset section of oiled leather on the down spout to give it a very tight fit and hopefully not leak. It was all lathe turned or drilled on the lathe except the hole for the turney bit to go in which was brace and bit job, the top of the turney bit was turned as basically a mushroom shape and then sawn roughly into a flat section then permagritted to death to give a better shape to grip.

Once it has been tested ( assuming it don't leak after a couple of days for things to swell or not) it will go on a shelf near the cooker.

My mam can recall being sent as a very small girl to get her grandmothers vinegar bottle filled at a neighbours who ran a tiny sort of shop in a shed which sold vinegar and pop.

ATB

Tom

 

[mr dazzler]

Well done, theres nothing like a job with demands for high precision to improve your skills

 

[Muddypaws]

Superb bit of turning! Nothing like wanting to save eight quid to make you get all creative. I appreciate that ethos.

 

[Tony]

That's a great job, well done you, looks beautiful.. I love wood!