Keezer, once again

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Keezer, once again

Post by gm- » Thu May 30, 2013 2:01 pm

I've been spending my last few evenings building a keezer, bit challenging when your only powertool is a drill :lol: .

Since I was planning to have it in my living room, the wife insisted that it would look somewhat nice.

I got a smaller apartment size freezer, built the collar out of 2x6 that I got cut at home depot. To make it look a bit better, I got some nice pieces of oak to have in the front of the collar.

Here is the collar in the making. I didn't use any nails or screws, all done with "No more Nails".
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To cover the front and sides of the freezer, I picked up some plywood (which I also got cut at the home depot), which I painted with "rock accent" paint (which was the most expensive thing in this build :o ) to make it look a bit nicer.

For a lid, I went to the Re-store and picked up a cabinet door for 5$, and I plan to insulate it on the inside and add some weatherstripping for better seal.

Haven't completely finalized the assembly, as the paint is still drying on the plywood, but these pictures give you a good idea how it is going to look.
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I have a decent sized piece of the oak that I plan to use as drip tray.

Now I just have to wait for my temperature control to arrive from Hong Kong, as I have two kegs ready to go in there :)

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Post by canuck » Thu May 30, 2013 8:38 pm

Excellent work Jon, it looks awesome!! For owning no power tools, that's pretty impressive! I actually have a few power tools and I still couldn't do that good of a job! :lol:

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Post by Downs » Fri May 31, 2013 11:17 am

Agreed, I have literally no tools so when I read that I expected a hacked together keezer like mine tend to be, but this looks very nice.

Nice attention to detail and quality of work. (things I am not soo good at, but I am FASSST)
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Post by chalmers » Fri May 31, 2013 11:52 am

Looking good, Jon!

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Post by gm- » Thu Jun 06, 2013 6:50 pm

And it is complete, currently drinking my first pint from it, Amarillo single hop pale ale :spilly: Very happy with it :)
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Post by chalmers » Thu Jun 06, 2013 7:58 pm

Well done, sir!

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Post by jeffsmith » Thu Jun 06, 2013 7:59 pm

Well done!

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Post by benwedge » Fri Jun 07, 2013 9:43 am

Very nice! Is two kegs + air the limit, or could you jam another one in?
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Re: Keezer, once again

Post by gm- » Fri Jun 07, 2013 10:40 am

benwedge wrote:Very nice! Is two kegs + air the limit, or could you jam another one in?
I currently have 1 5 gal keg, 5 lb co2 tank, and 2 2.5 gal kegs in there (as I split most of my batches with a friend of mine). I guess I could technically have 3 taps if I would use 1 5 gal and both of the 2.5 gal kegs.
jeffsmith wrote:Well done!
chalmers wrote:Well done, sir!
Thanks! I am very happy with it

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Re: Keezer, once again

Post by canuck » Fri Jun 07, 2013 11:37 am

Nicely done Jon, looks awesome!! :headbang:

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