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Project by g1hopper posted 379 days ago 440 views 2 times favorited 8 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Last Year I decide it was time to finish the basement. The wife and I decide it would be nice to have a bar. Like any good project a new tool or two may be in order. So after talking it over with her, I had decided I was going to start doing more and more woodworking. So the tool collecting started I got a Table saw, joiner, dust collector, plainer and a plate joiner, and a couple others.

OK…OK maybe I got a bit carried away with the tools but I didn’t have any of these but a $200 table saw that I had for years and didn’t feel real safe using. Safety first, right? So, I replaced it. The pictures show what I created with the tools. I designed and made every part of the bar, cabinets and counter top. The cabinets are Oak, bar wall is Oak and Oak plywood. The counter top is made with Walnut and the backsplash is Maple.

I see myself trying to make bar stools within the next year. That is one item of a list that currently has 23 projects. The best part is that I am looking forward to doing almost all of them.

-- Steve, Omaha, NE


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BigBob

59 posts in 386 days


posted 379 days ago

Very nice bar, I built one a few years ago and it is nice to have. You did a really nice job,by the way what kind of beer do you plan on having at your new pub?

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g1hopper

29 posts in 381 days


posted 379 days ago

Thanks, BigBob
What kind of beer … Well that is a story in itself. I am also a cyclist (for fun), well a fair weather one at least. I ride and hang with a group and we call ourselves Team Fat Tire. So with that said, most of the times I will have beer from the Makers of Fat Tire, New Belgium, at the bar. http://www.newbelgium.com/index.php

-- Steve, Omaha, NE

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Dan M

90 posts in 841 days


posted 379 days ago

Very nice .. I’m currently in the process of finishing the basement at our new house and have been using sketchup to model a few designs. I noticed that you also have a dishwasher that is not immediately adjacent to your sink (which is what I was planning on doing)—did you plumb the unit yourself? Did you have any special considerations given the distance from the drain/vent of the sink? Thanks in advance for any info you can share

-- Dan M, SW Suburbs, Chicago IL -- http://www.djay-crafts.com

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schroeder

513 posts in 1022 days


posted 379 days ago

Absolutely stellar! – I love a nice bar! What a great plan to get the (starting) tools with the wif’s permission too. You did a great job, hopefully many thousands of beers will pass across over the years!

Schroeder

-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe

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woodworm

8286 posts in 488 days


posted 379 days ago

Very very nice!

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

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Baxter5

22 posts in 382 days


posted 379 days ago

Nice Job, Nice thing about home bars is you can’t get a dui at home. LOOKS GREAT

-- J. Jacobson, Rockford Illinois,

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g1hopper

29 posts in 381 days


posted 379 days ago

Thanks everyone

Dan,
Yes, I did do the plumbing. I just had to add Extensions (added tubing). It was not too bad, just a pain. I had the same worries when I was doing it though. I have run the dishwasher like three times and so far all is good. Knock on wood. ;-)

-- Steve, Omaha, NE

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Nick Rowlett

25 posts in 691 days


posted 377 days ago

awesome bar. fat tire is good stuff!

-- Nick - Indianapolis, IN

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