Build Day - 8/10/13

Slightly Confused Brewing Company

A lot of upgrades for SCBC today.

Built a flat shelf for the fermentation fridge so that we could fit two fermenting buckets at the same time. Cut legs to 6" in length, but due to some undulations on the bottom of the fridge only about 4 are actually touching...3 of those with 2-3 pieces of cardboard underneath to bridge the gap. But, it holds and it works. Black IPA on the left, Girls Gone Mild on the right.

Also made a mount for the thermostat for the bridge. Stained a 2x4 the same color as the collar for the kegerator and glued it to the side of the fridge. Put 4 nails into the board so it would hang the thermostat. Makes checking and adjusting the temperature of the freezer easier.

Next was to create the collar for the kegerator. First had to take off the lid then measure/cut 2x4s to the correct length. We first cut 3 tap holes into the front piece then stained the wood before connecting them with 4" wood screws. The last picture is the stained collar with the lid sitting on top of it (rough idea of how it will look eventually).

Next we painted the kegerator using the magnetic primer first followed by the chalk board paint (same steps as for the fridge). Once dried will touch up the corners and top/bottom.

Final step will be to attach the collar back to the kegerator; this will be accomplished in a variety of ways, depending what we actually need and how the collar sits on the lip of the kegerator. My neighbor has been helping figure this out - sounds like its going to be a combination of Loctite, rubber insulation, and potentially screwing some straps into the wood and into the freezer itself to help hold the collar tightly against the freezer. Good thing I'm such a handyman...

Thanks Shawn for letting us use your saw.