Antique Radio Kegerator Build

[Howiedw]

So here it is: Finished. For now. I think that there will be more tinkering in the future. But, for now, Done. Enjoy the pictures!

this is the first round.... more later!

 

[Howiedw]

More.....

 

[kevinb]

Nice work.

 

[Howiedw]

Here is the last of them for now. If any body has any questions about why i did what I did, feel free to ask.

 

[Howiedw]

The Swmbo got me a bluetooth speaker for christmas. This is it's new home.
I also swaped around the "speaker grill" so I can more easily see the controller display. Now the kegeradio has sound!!!!

 

[cfrazier77]

Cool, can you hear the speaker decently through the box?

 

[In_Vino_Veritas]

So here's the last week.

Massive amountd of hand-wet sanding between many coats of finish.

I thought that I was going to save time with a poly and stain in one. Boy, was I wrong. It streaked and ran....needless to say, I will not be using it again. I finially got enough coats on where I could wet sand with a 120 grit sponge and sand down the peaks and streaks to get an almost even finish.

Once I got the finish as even as I could get it, I began the actual clear poly satin finish, Lightly sanding with 00 steel wool between each coat. Here it sits as of tonite. 3 coats of clear on the top and 2 on the sides. The doors have the original finish with 1 coat of the tinted polystain. Once completely dry, I will sand and clear.

Now for a beer. Still working on empting the keg in the fridge that i need to tear apart to use in this project.

And a shot of the bike as well. Cheers!

Nice XB9S, I was a design engineering for Buell before they closed shop, working on the water engines: 1125CR, 1125R and BII.