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Sorry for such a long gap since the last post, Im proud to say and excited to say that my keezer is done! if you have any questions feel free to ask.

I also decided to put on the perlick faucets i bought. the one in the middle looks the same but it is a perlick 575ss which is the Creamer version. I insulated the coffin with Styrofoam and foil tape. This is about all i got done this weekend. I hope to update next sunday CHEERS :mug:

Hey guys i felt better this Sunday. I went to the doctor on Tuesday turned out i had pneumonia and pleurisy. I did quite a bit on the keezer. First off i decided to add a power outlet so i can run some lights for some background. I also added my johnson temp controll. The LED lights i installed...

I bought a 110v case fan and i wired it to a dimmer switch to act as a speed control then i wired that to the hotside of the compressor so its always spinning, i agree with day i think the point is to have it spinning at all times. i chose a dimmer switch so i can turn it off easily and because...

Just wanted to say sorry, because i said that i would update this on Sundays but i have pleurisy and the flu it took all i had to bottle and brew today with the help of my dad. I hope im 100% next sunday and get some progress done!

Im working on my first keezer as well. i did a wood collar and made it so it would have a 1/8" gap between the collar and the freezer and i installed weatherstripping, its a good seal.

Yes Since this freezer is pretty old and im not sure how long it would last so i made it so all i have to do is take off the hinges and take off a single 2x4 on the back then the whole freezer can slide out. here is a pic

So last night i had plans to install a fan for the coffin and put the finish coat of polyurethane but i got distracted once i took off the panel of the compressor and saw how poor the wires were. So i rewired it and installed a fan, the fan is for 120v but it is extremely fast and moves alot of...

thanks guys, im excited to be here. :)

I agree with cyclman i am liking that patina.

wow bravo to you. I am more then impressed by how many kegs and taps you have for such a small freezer. simply amazing.

Im not done with my build but i had to get rid of my entire lid. I just started a post about it. I used 2x4's as a collar and used a piece of plywood with a vapor barrier on it. I know alot of people have to use 1x6 or a 2x6 because a 2x4 wont offer enough clearance. im also going to place 2"...

As of right now thats right where im at, i only get sundays off of work so i dont get very much free time to work on this so i will be updating this every sunday night until i am finished. Sorry if im picture heavy but i figure the pictures can tell the story better than my words can. Good night...

now that i have all the woodwork done i wanted to stain it. i got the sample cards from minwax, i chose 3 colors i liked and i asked a few people what one they thought would look the best, they all chose red oak. So red oak it was, i decided to do 2 coats, the first one wasnt dark enough for me...

Now i have the countertop done and the cab around the freezer, i starting building the coffin for on top. At first i made it with wood paneling all around it and i didnt care for it, that will be the first pic. Then i got rid of the front panel of the coffin and replaced it with one that has...

After letting that set for a day or so i decided to attach a piece that would hang down over the edge and start on the paneling for the cabinet and coffin, im sorry but i didnt get very many pictures of this step i got caught up in the work and missed the opportunity to take as many pictures as...

so with all the framework and the collar being done i decided that the next step is building the countertop. I did this by using 1x6's, and a piece of plywood with a vapor barrier on it. The only tools needed on this part was a chop saw, a skill saw and a drill. That and of course glue and screws.

So since i made up a collar i decided that the next step is to build framework around it, keep in mind we had no idea what we were doing. we figured that the lid of the keezer would overlap or hang over the edge of the freezer we built the framework a little lower than the collar.

This freezer can hold six corny kegs but it wasnt tall enough so i had to scrap the lid and put on a collar. luckily i only needed to use 2x4's. the collar looks a bit barbaric but it is going to be hidden.