Taps and fonts

[calumscott]

Still trying to get my head round how I'm going to build my dispensary...

These:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321256303880? ... EBIDX%3AIT

I understand. Clamp onto bar top, straight coupler to beer line, bob's your wassit...

These:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/301024276267? ... EBIDX%3AIT

How do you mount them? Is that big nut supposed to clamp them to a vertical bit of wood or something?

 

[PD]

yes put through verical bit of wood or side of fridge etc beer line goes into the JG fitting that comes off at right angle

 

[pittsy]

That too is very easy , you just need a simple standard sized threaded nut the type used for 15 mm copper pipe brass fittings , better to get a back nut 1/2 inch so it has a larger body . I simply drilled a hole in some wood and used a back nut . http://www.plumbcenter.co.uk/en/bathroo ... air-311553

 

[calumscott]

I think I like those simpler ones, They'd be a lot neater in the space I'm going to use.

And they seem to sell a good bit cheaper too. :thumb:

 

[PD]

the top font type taps look the business when mounted on a shelf...bar etc. All pipes are out of sight.
The bottom taps always look a bit untidy if mounted on wood as the pipes are in sight. They are fine however if mounted on a fridge door for example and the pipes are inside the fridge or cabinet.

as a note I've moved onto the font type in my baa...r but I've kept one of the bottom taps mounted in a piece of wood for use as a party type roamable tap that has its own length of beer pipe and disconnect that can be fixed to any keg, great when tasting / testing corny's etc that are conditioning under pressure and not directly in use.

 

[Rhys]

I think I like those simpler ones, They'd be a lot neater in the space I'm going to use.

And they seem to sell a good bit cheaper too. :thumb:

I've just bought another from this eBay seller
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/COMPLETE-STEL ... 46166dfd4e
Comes with a back nut and John Guest push fit connection, this is 3/16 so you'll need a short length of this beer line stepped down from the main 3/8 with a John Guest reducer. This also help reduce fobbing apparently.

 

[calumscott]

the top font type taps look the business when mounted on a shelf...bar etc. All pipes are out of sight.
The bottom taps always look a bit untidy if mounted on wood as the pipes are in sight. They are fine however if mounted on a fridge door for example and the pipes are inside the fridge or cabinet.

I've got a very narrow passageway that I'm installing into, I reckon that a sort of wooden boxy thing screwed to the wall with the taps mounted to it and the lines running out through some lagging python style to the other end where the kegs will live is the way to go - so basically a tap mounting box really.