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I'm glad to hear you liked it! You'll have to share when you finish it. For the slides, I used the most heavy duty slides I could find at the hardware store which were, I think, 80# slides. Later this afternoon when I get to my other pc I'll upload the pics of how I got them in there.

For the dividers, I laid everything out and made two cuts with my circular saw. Then I finished out each notch with a jigsaw. It was pretty time consuming. Ideally I would have used the straight bit and guide bearing, but I haven't quite perfected the technique with my router just yet. And I...

Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoy it. Also, as for the SWMBO line, I almost named this thread "A SWMBO Approved Method of Making a Kegerator." Anyway, the tower lines are just insulated. And I know a lot of people worry about the foaming issue, but I have never had a problem. The actual...

I'm not sure what you mean. The freezer itself is still intact, it just rides in the trays. If you're referring to the sides heating up as it would when you add a fresh keg, I have a glass door commercial fridge in my garage where I put all kegs prior to going into the bar. It does a great...

DPBISME, I love it! I think that turned out great and you ought to be proud to show that off!

Bobdole, I appreciate the offer but I intend to be buried with that thing. I searched for over a year to find one that was just right since I'm so particular and this was exactly what I wanted. I appreciate the compliment though!

Thanks! Heh, I like the belly up idea. I probably would have done something like that too if it was in a position in my house where people would sit around it. But in this case, it was along a wall and right next to the dining room table. Which is convenient and also terrible. When you don't...

Thanks so much! You'll be cussing my very existence this summer if you decide to go through with it. You'll be in the millionth hour of sanding, cutting, or staining and you'll think "that son of a..." However, they are nice to have. It really isn't hard at all, it just takes a long time.

Well, here she is finally. I swapped out the crusty, crappy old faucets for some stainless Perlick forward seals with brass finish so it would work as beautifully as it looked. The bar works quite well. Keeps the kegs cold and slides out easy when you need an adjustment. The fridge holds...

Now I had moved it into the house and had the nerve-wracking experience of having to drill five holes into the glass smooth, perfectly polished piece of wood that makes the top so I could mount the tower. However, the antique tap tower that makes the centerpiece is totally worth it. In this...

Time for stain. I was aiming for a classy old pub feel to this thing so I consulted with my buddy Dan who does cabinets and knows everything there ever was to know about all things wood. He inspired me to use this Epifanes stuff which they use on wooden boats and yachts to create a very...

Alright, so in these pics I have 1)Added the back to the side shelves. These entire side units come off for moving this thing into my house, which if you're wondering, is a feat I would call "Herculean" or maybe "Impossible." The problem of a sturdy overengineered thing like this is the...

Now onto the wine racks and lighted liquor shelves. I designed the bar to have a mirrored set of shelves on each side to give me four shelves for liquor (or more specifically scotch, my other vice) as well as 42 slots for wine. The wine shelf parts took almost as much time as every other part...

At this point the base of the sides, back, front and top. The top and front will move when you slide out the keezer, while the sides and back stay in place. This will make more sense later.

Now it's starting to look like something! Well, mostly just a box. But a box with very pretty wood grain. The front piece is the floating or moving piece and the sides and backs are stationary. And when the top is mounted, it too will "float."

Now I'm starting to frame out skeleton of the moving portion of the bar. This will provide support for the front which will make more sense later.

Alright, so here is the beginning of the project: gathering all of the materials. I built the cabinet and the shelves out of birch panels from the local big box hardware store and trimmed it out with what appeared to be some manner of pine. The following pics are of the tray that holds the...

So I recently mourned the loss of my beloved bar that I built in '06. And I had since moved and the old one didn't fit right anyway, I decided it was time for a new bar to sit in my dining room. I love the idea of a kegerator/keezer setup since it can fit in a house and you can make it look...

I just found out the other day and intend to get a bunch of members from our club here in Wilmington to enter. I haven't even begun to decide what to enter though.

In our area, we have the Down East Alers, Alcohol Through Fermentation, and the Wort City Brewers. I'm the president of the last one, and the others I think are connected to Beer Army. There's definitely a decent sized homebrewing scene for such small cities.