New Keezer 2014
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 8:06 pm
So heres a rundown of what I have done so far, and what I had and what I now have 
Heres what I started with, a free chest freezer off kijiji and ugly as sin so i put wood grain mak tak on it and added a collar to get my taps, quick, easy, and cheap, could hold 8 kegs and co2 The new chest freezer I picked up for $50 off kijiji, much smaller, will fit 4 kegs and co2 perfectly. The stain glass work I cut and did myself, this was about 40-50 hours all said and done. The start of the project was building a frame to hold the chest freezer, with a window in the front to hold the stained glass project. Also notice I built a small platform with wheels so its easy to move around as well. And with some pine beaded board on 45 to give it a nicer look, its split in the front and matches on the sides. Now you can see how the stain glass fits into the project. I apologize for lack of photos at this point, it seems they vanished from my phone and cloud network! such an annoyance :/
So you can see the pine I did for the front and side faces, for the trim I had my heart on a wood called Paduak, its an African hardwood and its a very sexy red color and it ages till it looks like a blood mahogany. Its also in the color scheme I wanted to go with the stained glass. Here again, pictures gone, so nothing in detail how the lid and coffin box was done. it was just a 1/4" sheet of plywood bolted into the lid of the freezer. I went with just simple pre-finished flooring for the top and backsplash of the coffin box. I went with another smaller box frame for the coffin, with 2x4 where the taps will be. The coffin box in this picture was just a mock up made from the pine boards, to get a visual size check of how the size would look and fit. A picture of how it all looks together without any polyurethane finish on it. Here it is with 2 coats of high gloss poly on it.
Video link to show off the lighting I put in, it makes the stained glass really show off, and the coffin as well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrv65WN ... e=youtu.be" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (will be done uploading shortly)
I have left to do is get some pictures of how the lines are run into the coffin box, drill and install my perlick taps, flush cut the trim sticking out the bottom, and maybe put 1 more coat of poly on the paduak if it needs it.
Will keep this updated and done by this weekend - Any questions feel free to ask
Cheers
Heres what I started with, a free chest freezer off kijiji and ugly as sin so i put wood grain mak tak on it and added a collar to get my taps, quick, easy, and cheap, could hold 8 kegs and co2 The new chest freezer I picked up for $50 off kijiji, much smaller, will fit 4 kegs and co2 perfectly. The stain glass work I cut and did myself, this was about 40-50 hours all said and done. The start of the project was building a frame to hold the chest freezer, with a window in the front to hold the stained glass project. Also notice I built a small platform with wheels so its easy to move around as well. And with some pine beaded board on 45 to give it a nicer look, its split in the front and matches on the sides. Now you can see how the stain glass fits into the project. I apologize for lack of photos at this point, it seems they vanished from my phone and cloud network! such an annoyance :/
So you can see the pine I did for the front and side faces, for the trim I had my heart on a wood called Paduak, its an African hardwood and its a very sexy red color and it ages till it looks like a blood mahogany. Its also in the color scheme I wanted to go with the stained glass. Here again, pictures gone, so nothing in detail how the lid and coffin box was done. it was just a 1/4" sheet of plywood bolted into the lid of the freezer. I went with just simple pre-finished flooring for the top and backsplash of the coffin box. I went with another smaller box frame for the coffin, with 2x4 where the taps will be. The coffin box in this picture was just a mock up made from the pine boards, to get a visual size check of how the size would look and fit. A picture of how it all looks together without any polyurethane finish on it. Here it is with 2 coats of high gloss poly on it.
Video link to show off the lighting I put in, it makes the stained glass really show off, and the coffin as well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrv65WN ... e=youtu.be" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (will be done uploading shortly)
I have left to do is get some pictures of how the lines are run into the coffin box, drill and install my perlick taps, flush cut the trim sticking out the bottom, and maybe put 1 more coat of poly on the paduak if it needs it.
Will keep this updated and done by this weekend
- Any questions feel free to ask Cheers
