GL 2484 Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 I thought some members might be interested in this Metal detecting find from Daresbury. I believe it is a plug from a wooden barrel where the 'Tap' would have fitted before the alchoholic contents could be consumed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Is there supposed to be a photo ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GL 2484 Posted October 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Sorry I am having a problem posting the image due to file size ! I am worjing on it......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GL 2484 Posted October 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Sorry, I have tried everything to get the image on but the size is still too big. Anyway the description is ' Greenhalls &Co. Wilderspool 1872 ' around the circumference of the hole where the Tap would have fitted into the Barrel. Technology, don't you just love it !  :-0)))) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 If you are using something like photoshop then you should be able to adjust the image size to reduce the file size. or if you have a photobucket account upload it to there and post the link. They have an editor feature as well that allows you to resize an image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GL 2484 Posted October 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 I have tried in Photoshop Sid but I cannot get the image size below 98k. The limit says 47k and I cannot get that low. Funny but the other images I posted were bigger than 47k but posted ok. I do not have a photobucket. I have tried GIF, TIF ETC but no luck . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GL 2484 Posted October 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Finally worked it out on photoshop thanks Sid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Nice You'd be better using photobucket and uploading your pics to there then posting the direct link to each one. It's free to create an account and I've used it for years and no restrictions on file size then when you post it via the link on here.The way you are doing it at the moment you only have limited upload storage space on the forum (each member has a small limit and like you've noticed file sizes are restricted to a silly small size too) so you will very quickly exceed your limit and get to a point where you have to delete some of your others to post a new pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 will have to have a google nopw to see hopw those things are put in the barrel. There does not seem to be a way to screw them in despite them having a thread on the back. must have been a special bung tool. something to keep me amused later on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GL 2484 Posted October 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 I never thought about how they fixed them in. As you say Sid there must have been some kind of tool for the job. Let us know what you find out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Well so far all i have found out is that barrels are not technically barrels but casks and the bung hole is put into one of the staves with an auger. how they then screw the barrel tap in is so far unknown to me but i do now know how they make casks (well not in great detail) will keep looking though as it has now got me hooked as i hate not knowing something like that and it will niggle at me until i either find out or throw the pc out the window in frustration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Aren't barrel taps just hammered into the bunged hole ? I'm sure I saw them doing it like that at the church hall once when we ordered some real ale for an event we'd arranged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 It seems CASKS (not barrels if they are for wine or beer) have two holes. one in a stave at the bulge and one in the end. the bulge one is for filling and the one in the end is for the tap to be inserted although when i have seen whiskey beeing made they use the one in the bulge for both filling and emptying. Â I assume the reason for the tap connector was to enable the cask to be connected to a beer pump and also so that the cask could be reused without having to replace the end of teh casks, a kind of protector for the wood. but that is mere speculation on my part. will have to go and have a few beers to investigate this further, all in teh name of research of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GL 2484 Posted October 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 Reading that, I think the Greenhalls thingy I found is probably the filling part and would have had a 'Bung' hammered in when the barrel is full.Hope your investigations were enjoyable Sid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 enjoyable but frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 How many beers have you had so far Evils ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 strange as it may seem only had four pints of shandy this week. mind you that is a hundred percent increase on what i normally have in a week. No head for the beer these days. even three bitter shandies can make me a bit wobbly on my feet. well out of practice it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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