Recent content by josh79

Red Oak boards. The big panels were 1/4" Oak Plywood.

So I picked up my freezer on New Years Day. Two full months later its finally a keezer. Put the last of the kegs in last night. It seems to be working good. It is quite the undertaking in a cramped garage but it is finally done. Just in time for my poker party on Saturday. I am not sure how good...

Depends on your definition. It seems like for myself I've never understood the word to big or excessive. My wife has a different opinion. I have a 23.2 cu.ft. freezer that I converted. The dimensions on mine are something like 62" X 27" X 35". I currently have two full kegs and plenty of space...

Count me in.

I got the top of the keezer finished and the secondary regulator installed and the lines run. Then I installed the trap door and realized that somewhere along the way the staining went awry. So I spent last night stripping the finish, sanding, and restaining the top so that I...

No I turned off the power once I started to cut into the lid. I am a little concerned over cold air loss but I used 2 inch rigid insulation compared to the 2 inches of fiberglass insulation that was in the lid before. Without trying to sound like I have any true understanding of heat exchange...

So I got the coffin set for the Perlicks last night. I realized last week that the way it was set up I was going to have to put some sort of spacer behind the taps because of the overhang on the top was going to be in the way of the taps going back. I thought about getting the angled piece so...

Here are the hinges for the trap door. They are Soss invisible hinges and they are kind of a pain to install. Maybe easier if you have the guide but I did not so they are a little rough. Some more putty I am thinking. I am planning on covering the foam with some of the plywood that I used on the...

Here is what I came up with for door design on the coffin. I think I am mostly done with the woodwork. As soon as I get the hinges for the hatch I'll be able to be able to stain and finish the wood and start installing all the beer parts.

So I have the door for the top access roughed in. Yes my woodworking may look really rough during the process and maybe a little bizarre but the finished product should look pretty nice. It'll definately need a good sanding here soon. This picture sort of shows how the door is supported...

Here is the rough drawings I have made to show how I plan on building the door and making sure it is insulated and sealed. I hope to start on this tonight so hopefully I can get some pictures to see if it will actually work out. As for having a primary and a secondary I don't know of any...

So I spent the weekend with the family in the mountains and made a little time to work on my keezer when I got home. I started working on the coffin and I just have to make to hide the secondary regulator. Here are the progress pics. Its finally starting to move along, not...

Yeah I was definitely content to just go the commercial route with all of the great local beers around me but when I found this site it definitely made me want to give brewing a shot. Hopefully it won't be to long before I give it a go. But it would be nice to at least finish the keezer first...

Yeah I have definately been looking at the options and thinking about how I want to cool the coffin. Right now I am thinking of insulating the whole thing and seeing how that works and then maybe add a fan from there. I am still a little undecided.