The collar is recessed and heavy enough that gravity holds it together. I've never had it even try to come up off the freezer even with the lid open. I used an acrylic clear coat spray on the brass corners only. The black sheet metal is just shiny black powder coating. I don't have the template...
The plywood is 1/4" thick and the grooves are 1/2" . Plenty of room! If you look close you can see that the plywood sticks up higher than the pine cleats. This tab fits into the collar's slot. There is a matching tab and groove in the bottom.
The back is wide open for airflow. The top piece wraps around the front and both sides in one piece. I had to make that one twice because I go the miters wrong :(
All the brass hardware I made from old brass door kick plates from the local scrap yard. I stacked up all the pieces and machined the holes on the mill and cut them out on the bandsaw. After getting the rough shape I sanded each one on the belt sander to get some nice clean non-sharp edges. I...
I started with the front and sides. I built them from ¼ oak plywood and 18 awg sheet metal. I had the metal bent at a local heating and cooling fabricator. I cut the plywood to fit nicely between the groove in the base cart and the groove in the collar. Because I used the sheet metal for the...
I built my keezer about 4 years ago now. It has been working great since I built it.
It'll hold 4 Cornelius kegs, or 3 kegs and a carboy (handy for lagering in the Summer time).
I have about 40 hours into building and procuring materials. Another 10 hours into finishing the wood.
It is...
I thought we need a "What I did on Summer vacation" thread!
Here's a few videos of what I did on my Summer vacation.
Home brew was only involved with the Idea forming portion of these videos :drunk:
Underwater Camera test Lots of fish right off the dock. https://vimeo.com/102961037...
I just had a little incident. I just finished racking a nice porter from primary to secondary. I cleaned up my mess and installed the airlock with some leftover One Step solution. I still had wet hands but still decided to carry the carboy full of beer to the cellar, where I do my secondary...