My Bar Build

I have posted pictures of my bar here on occasion, but quite a few have expressed interest in seeing how I made it... I finished the bar last summer. But I have been very busy using it. It took me a loooong time to plan and complete this project. I designed it with my kegerator in mind without even having my kegerator built (and I had never built a kegerator before)

So here is a little blog of the build:

First cabinet completed... The panels are all from spalted maple colored with transtint dye. Rails and stiles are walnut.


My helper...

Glueing up the veneer - this was nerve racking! The veneer is maple burl.



Getting the base in place...


The veneered substrate gets installed.

Front panel and lighting installed. This was all one massive series of panels. NOTICE that I have 2 homebrews poured - freely flowing beer was priority here, you see.


New copper sink and faucet installed. The veneer has now been covered with a pour on epoxy finish (about 1/8" thick)


Back Bar is completed - chaulk board as one of the panels for the beer taps listing...


A couple kegs of homebrew waiting to go in the kegerator.

Got the computer with 15" touchscreen installed. Hooked to the soundsystem on my wireless network.

The final touch: some mood lighting under the arm rail.




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Oh wow is that incredible!!!! AWESOME job!!!!

Very nice!

Outstanding. That is some serious Porn, I prost thee..

That is Sweeeeet! I am not worthy to even look at those pictures.

VERY cool and stylish

That friggin rocks! :rockin:

Excellent work! I must ask, though, how on earth does one person ever accumulate that many clamps in their workshop?

I love the vaneer, very classy. Sweet setup. I can't wait to get my own place and let rip.

Beautiful.

It would be impressive if you bought it, but you made it yourself, even more impressive. Nice job

love the veneer top- I am gonna have to do the same

incredible... my little sanyo project definitely looks JV now...

thats pretty impressive man. i REALLY like it.
very nice work.

Freakin right man! How much for the 15" touch if you don't mind. I would like to add one this summer when we build our bar as well.

Wow... that is insanely, awesome. If only I had the skills.

Want to build me one?

No, seriously...

freakin awesome setup.

Touch screen monitor hooked up to wireless network.
OMG.
That is SO sweet. A touchscreen jukebox.
Well done sir, well done.

Oh yeah the rest looks pretty good too!! :rockin:

Great job! Looks fantastic! I wish I had those skills, tools, and a workshop to go with it!!

The beers taste better already, don't they?

IrregularPulse said:

Freakin right man! How much for the 15" touch if you don't mind. I would like to add one this summer when we build our bar as well.

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I got the touchscreen off ebay (with the milled aluminum arm attached) for $150. It was used, but it is a commercial version and in excellent shape - the edging is all aluminum and its very tough.

RoaringBrewer said:

Wow... that is insanely, awesome. If only I had the skills.

Want to build me one?

No, seriously...

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Hah hah - I love woodworking, but I do it for myself. Building for anyone else just doesn't seem as rewarding.


Thanks, guys - for all the comments. This is the first bar I ever built, and I actually had a lot of "firsts" on this project in regards to woodworking, and the kegerator and all. NOTHING feels better than pulling that tap and seeing your own beer flow into a frosty mug!

That's messed up.

Here I am changed for work... and now I have to go change again...

Beautiful Bar!!

Greg

Great craftsmanship! Now all you need is a pool table and a nice stereo.

Jared311 said:

Great craftsmanship! Now all you need is a pool table and a nice stereo.

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The stereo is the computer. Its hooked to a Klipsch speaker system in the sunroom (where the bar is). All my mp3 on my desktop upstairs can be played because the bar computer is on the wireless network. It sounds awesome.

I'd love a pool table, but I haven't the room.

Great bar! Can you give a few details on your WiFi soundsystem? Do you have sound throughout the house that can be controlled by any computer on the network?

Just an fyi for the computer. I use a touchscreen with a computer running software from www.thepcjukebox.com in my gameroom. It sets up a pretty cool jukebox interface with album covers and such. I only wish I had the bar to go with it. Good job.

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Nice job man...

BierMuncher said:

Yeah...well...you suck...

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yup...You are definitely...The suckiest suck that ever sucked a suck!

I've already gotten 2 ass chewing s from SWMBO over this.....Thanks for the idea...JERK.

Seriously...That is grad A Mega Mocheezmo Cool.

BakerStreetBeers said:

Great bar! Can you give a few details on your WiFi soundsystem? Do you have sound throughout the house that can be controlled by any computer on the network?

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Just to clarify - the speakers are not wireless.. But I have a wireless network in my house. I have a laptop, a desktop and the bar computer all on that network. All my mp3s are on the desktop. While at the bar I use Medimonkey software that will play the songs directly off my desktop.

The laptop can do this as well, but the laptop is not connected to any speakers like the bar computer is.

ohiobrewtus said:

That friggin rocks! :rockin:

Excellent work! I must ask, though, how on earth does one person ever accumulate that many clamps in their workshop?

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You can never have enough clamps! With every trip to a woodworking store/website, you should always at least walk out with some clamps if nothing else!

Even my wife knows this!!

I've gotta get my bar finished one of these days. Man, just too many hobbies.

nice set-up man

Awesome Job! You Rock!

I love the workshop and the bar is awesome!

God I can't wait to own a house so I can build a bar!

Looking damn good man! Good job!

I'm not even worthy to read your post. Nicely done.

"Its a little smaaaaalllll, but it'll do." "What I really wanna know is...........wher'd ya' git that bloo laight?"

Good work.

pjj2ba said:

You can never have enough clamps! With every trip to a woodworking store/website, you should always at least walk out with some clamps if nothing else!

Even my wife knows this!!

I've gotta get my bar finished one of these days. Man, just too many hobbies.

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I'll trade you some ties for clamps...guess what I get a lot of???

Awesome, and I don't use that word often, bar.

I saw a bunch of those touch screen jukeboxes in Korea last year...I may have to do something similar.