I started building my keezer almost 2 years ago. It was primarily based on Jester369's keezer project. Mine was going to be slightly bigger with some storage space and the top would overhang like bar. I got it to work [pics here and here] and I've already served countless pints from it but it was just huge and unwieldy so I never got around to finishing it.
Fast forward to November of last year and SWMBO gave me the green light to upgrade our home entertainment center with the caveat that I finish the keezer/bar.
I completely re-thought the design, mainly getting inspiration from gxm's keezer and from this random keezer I ran across a long time ago. I started drawing it up in SketchUp and here's the design we agreed on
here's a detail sketch
on to the build...
plywood board and 2x4 framing attached to the wall for stability
heavy duty drawer slides can support up to 500 lbs.
the keezer is floating off the ground by about 4 inches.
staining the top panels
side panel installed and dry-fitting the front panel
The short list of things to do:
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here's the final product as of 02.25.11
Fast forward to November of last year and SWMBO gave me the green light to upgrade our home entertainment center with the caveat that I finish the keezer/bar.
I completely re-thought the design, mainly getting inspiration from gxm's keezer and from this random keezer I ran across a long time ago. I started drawing it up in SketchUp and here's the design we agreed on
here's a detail sketch
on to the build...
plywood board and 2x4 framing attached to the wall for stability
heavy duty drawer slides can support up to 500 lbs.
the keezer is floating off the ground by about 4 inches.
staining the top panels
side panel installed and dry-fitting the front panel
The short list of things to do:
- Install top panels
- New beer lines and install tower
- Finish front panel and liquor cabinet
- wiring for fan and lighting
- ??????
- profit
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here's the final product as of 02.25.11