date-created: '2014-11-20'
date-updated: '2026-09-02'
manifest-author:
    name: Appropedia
    email: admin@appropedia.org
title: 'Contoured Spigot for 5-gallon buckets'
description: "Spigots manufactured for self-attachment typically rely on large gaskets to maintain a seal, which works with varying success on the curved surface of a bucket. By modeling a bucket with just its top and bottom diameters and its average thickness, it's easy to design a spigot with contours that fit well. This design is expected to fit a wide range of bucket sizes effectively. The main attachment is reasonably easy to print, and typical modification requires changing only 4 parameters in two files."
keywords:
    - '3D printing'
    - bucket
    - faucet
    - nozzle
    - osat
    - spigot
    - tap
    - Plastic
project-link: 'https://www.appropedia.org/Contoured_Spigot_for_5-gallon_buckets'
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version: 67
made: false
image: 'https://www.appropedia.org/w/images/thumb/b/b3/Twfuller_spigot_3.jpg/1280px-Twfuller_spigot_3.jpg'
license:
    documentation: CC-BY-SA-3.0
licensor:
    name: 'User:Twfuller'
    affliation: 'Category:MOST'
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documentation-home: 'https://www.appropedia.org/Contoured_Spigot_for_5-gallon_buckets'
documentation-language: en