tap handle for commercial kegs

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A very simple mod of Neon22's Customizable Profiled Handle to turn it into a tap handle for a standard tower beer faucet that will hold the round plastic cap of a commercial quarter-barrel keg. Print Settings Printer Brand: SeeMeCNC Printer: Rostock MAX Rafts: No Supports: Yes Resolution: 0.25mm layer height Infill: 20% with a solid modifier for base Notes: Used Hatchbox PLA Bronze 1.75mm filament. Printed upright. I struggled to get Slic3r to calculate adequate support material for the cone, and wound up with overkill that took a good bit of effort to remove. I used a modifier in Slic3r to make the first 25mm solid infill, with the rest at 20% honeycomb. Took about 2.5 hours to print. After removing support material, did some light sanding & scraping to remove stringers. I then tapped the hole at the bottom post-print to fit the faucet handle threads. The hole turned out about 2-3mm too shallow to fully thread on, but it still works. Applied a little double-sided tape to the flat face of the cone to help the keg cap stay in place. How I Designed This Used Neon22's OpenSCAD file; Profile shape #13 height 110 width 23 round hole, 8.5mm dia & 13mm deep [should have been 16] Then added the following lines: rotate([90, 0, 0]) translate([0, 35, 5]) cylinder(15, 5, 31); translate([0, -19.5, 68]) cube([4, 1, 8], true);