Alternative Beverage
Jess was able to hook me up with olmost everything I needed except the faucets themselves. Hello Goverment Stimulus package.
pannel
I built this planel for all the electronics.
thermostat hole
Drilled a hole for the thermostat
thermostat inside
and stuck it through.
manifold
built the manifold
disconnects
built all the disconnect lines
sanding
Back to the box... O how I loath sanding
stain
The plywood facing is birch. Here I've stained it with a natural stain and varnished it. By prefinishing it before putting the trim on, which I will stain darker, I can keep the colors seperate eaiser.
boards
I got talked into Sycamore at Klingspour's
grain
But it's a really pretty wood, this is going to look nice.
Driveway shop
Here we are set up for a sun burn the day after Meorial Day. With a helper who loves to suck up saw dusk and thinks wearing saftey glasses is cool how can one go wrong?
bar
The bar is cut, now onto the trim.
table saw
Set up for cutting 1.5 " peices
rabbet
After planning and surfacing the trim boards I cut a 1x.5 inch rabbet out
trim
trim shaped
Then I rounded over the outside corners and ran a Roman Ogee bit down the leading exge for that fancy look.
trim installed
Then we mitered all the trim and glued it on with a brad here and there for support.
hole template
I made a template for the holes, and drilled them
corner
Looks nice, only had touse wood putty in one place less the brad hole cover ups.
taped
We'll be able to clean up the excess dark stain since the plywood is alreayd finished, but it will be much eaiser if we minimize what gets on there.
stained
And there we are
tray
Here's th cart for the drip tray... I was being careless and let the router get away from me TWICE! Fortunately both are covered up by the drip tray overhang.
tray stained
cabinet floor
I cut a peice of 3/4" for the cabinet floor.