October 24, 2004

The making of a kegerator

I built my kegerator using a Sanyo 4910M mini-fridge. This model is perfect for adding a draft tower to since it does not have a freezer compartment, and is siz ed perfectly to fit two 5 gallon cornelius (soda) kegs. I used these instructions and Chad Dickerson's excellent photo how-to guide.

I decided to make my conversion a little more involved than just drilling a hole and installing a tower. I replaced the plastic top that comes with the fridge with a 2'x2' piece of 1/2" plywood. I'm going to use copper flashing (used for valley areas in roofing) to cover the plywood, hopefully making a nice looking small bar top. Later on when I add a larger bar the fridge will already have a nice looking top and I won't need to change that. As the copper ages it will look very cool. For a full series of pictures and info go to http://www.railsback.com/kegerator.html. Here's the final result:

Posted by Kevin Railsback at October 24, 2004 10:24 PM

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