Any ideas what this is from?

[Cliff_Johns]

I don't have the thing at my house - my mother is selling her house and my sister found this in the basement. I don't think it's part of a yoke or harness because it appears to have only been attached at one end. The center parts turns.

 

[Jchonline]

some type of barrel keg tap maybe?

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[bcp]

Barrel spigot.

wooden barrel spigot at DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo. Privacy, Simplified.

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Bruce

 

[Cliff_Johns]

I would have thought there would be a hole in one end of the other for it to be a spigot.

 

[bcp]

I would have thought there would be a hole in one end of the other for it to be a spigot.

Flow is like this.

Bruce

 

[BravoXray]

Another clue is the stain by the spigot.

 

[MossRoad]

I would have thought there would be a hole in one end of the other for it to be a spigot.

Are there any holes in it anywhere?

 

[Thomas]

Seen them used in cider barrels.

 

[Hay Dude]

I like the rusty nail for a nice cut on your hand and tetanus infection. Be careful with that…

 

[MossRoad]

If the juice is potent enough, you can just rinse the cut with it.

 

[Hay Dude]

If the juice is potent enough, you can just rinse the cut with it.

Or get a secondary infection….

 

[MossRoad]

Or get a secondary infection….

There's a study on that! There's a study on everything.

Disinfectant Action of Wine - PMC

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[Cliff_Johns]

So, like I said it's at my mother house and my sister said there were no holes, but now she's not so sure, so I suspect you are all right that it's a whopper spigot for a barrel of something. If she can find it again (packing up to sell the house) she will send me a photo of the other end, and then we'll know for sure. Thanks for the replies.

 

[Scar0B2150]

I have 2 in my front window sill. It IS a spigot. Back in the day it was pounded into wood beer barrels and used to dispense the beverage. Now days, when you go into a tavern you will see a sign that says ### kinds of beer "on tap". The saying came from the old days of "tapping" the spigot into the barrel(keg).
My father was a home brew guru before home brew was a thing. He taught home brew classes at a local collage in the late 70's and was a maker/connoisseur for many years prior. Our dirt floor basement was always full of champagne bottles filled with his brew.
The taps I have now were part of his beer paraphernalia collection.

 

[Scar0B2150]

Couple of Pics.

 

[Hay Dude]

There's a study on that! There's a study on everything.

Disinfectant Action of Wine - PMC

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Moss I swear you must have posted 50,000 links.

 

[MossRoad]

Moss I swear you must have posted 50,000 links.

It's only mentioned 78 times in a search...

Search results for query: link

www.tractorbynet.com

But that's only where I mentioned 'link'

 

[Jstpssng]

Moss I swear you must have posted 50,000 links.

My guess would be around 47440 as I write this. That's one less than his current total post count.

He certainly is good at gleaning information on any topic.

 

[MossRoad]

What happens is I read something, it interests me (most things do), and I start looking up things to read about it. I try to learn something new every day. My friends and coworkers enjoy trivia games. We often play at lunch.

 

[drssg]

Couple of Pics.
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I'm confused. The picture labels "hole" and "hollow", but it looks solid to me. Has it been filled? Or am I seeing things?