Finished construction of my bar in time for the Super Bowl

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First off, I want to thank this website for giving me the foundation to build my bar. It was remarkably easy. I’ve built a couple of things out of wood, but this was by far the easiest. Don’t let the size of the project intimidate anyone. I managed to knock it out in about 12 days working maybe 3 to 4 hours a day with a couple of full days in between.

My bar is an L shaped bar, but I built it so it is modular and mobile (wife didn’t want a permanent fixture in case we need the space for a party). This works out perfectly, because if I have an event where i need my patio to be somewhat empty, I can just move the bar to a concrete slab next to the patio and still use the bar.

I used 2″ casters from Home Depot and put 8 casters on the long leg and 4 casters on the short leg. The short leg has a sink. It worked out so that each leg can be used independant of the other one. Here are some pictures

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try this link to see larger pictures

http://picasaweb.google.com/A.Failde

I purchased an Avanti Kegerator and it has worked perfectly so far. It actually got so cold that I had to turn the temperature up a bit as the head on the beer was starting to crystalize.

The total cost of the bar construction including the sink and casters was probably about $550. If you have a real lumber yard where they don’t charge you for the priveledge of shopping at home depot, you can probably build it for less.

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