Small WineCooler Project...

Started by PETE314, 07/20/2012 08:23 PM

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07/20/2012 08:23 PM Last Edit: 07/20/2012 09:37 PM by PETE314

A few of you saw the trade I made for some cigar boxes with wescat(Thanks Kevin). Well this is what put me into a giving mood. The Boxes allowed me to finish up my small Wineador Project. This is one of those skinny 12 bottle wine coolers. and I saw an article by SenorPablo on the conversion to a Wineador. Great article Paul. http://www.cigargeeks.com/index.php?action=articles;sa=view;article=34    I for the most part followed his plans but placed my own tweaks on it. For one, the Oust Fans are not made anymore and not easily obtainable. Also I wanted to maximize storage with the boxes....But that made my search for the correct size boxes very difficult.

So here we go...after cleaning the cooler and letting it dry...I bought the cedar planks from WoodCraft just as Paul did. I then cut the planks to the correct length to create the shelving on my Hand Miter Saw.



Now my little twist...I want to "some" air circulation so I drill small holes in the Spanish Cedar shelves...



Now I need something to hold cigars...and these boxes will fill up a good portion of the space...but I don't want to take up everything...I take off the tops of the boxes to stay open. And in order to work with the holes in the shelving...I drill large holes in the bottoms of the Boxes. A little cleanup and the boxes will be ready.



We can see everything as it looks in the Wine Cooler.



Now to humidify, you can see I have a Tupperware bowl full of Heartfelt Beads...and in order to circulate the air I have the following. I have a small USB fan that connects to a converter that connects to an Outlet Timer. I can program the outlet timer down to the minute. I will probably program the timer to go off for 1 minute twice a day to start and cut back if necessary...


Hope you enjoyed the project....

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#1
07/20/2012 08:44 PM
Wow. Well done.
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07/20/2012 08:54 PM
Very cool Pete!  Nice job!  I love these kinds of projects.

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07/20/2012 09:14 PM
Looks great, Pete!
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07/20/2012 09:16 PM
Good job Pete, when you loading it with smokes?
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07/20/2012 09:24 PM
Quotewescat - 7/20/2012  10:16 PM

Good job Pete, when you loading it with smokes?
As Soon As Possible!!!!!!   LOL...You guys might see the Tuppedor on top of the Wine Cooler...I want to transfer what is in there to the Wineador as soon as I know it is holding a constant humidity...thats probably a good 20 sticks or so...And then I will probably fill the rest as money allows...Or at least before the debt collectors catch me... :shooter:
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#6
07/20/2012 09:36 PM
looks well thought out! nice!!!!

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07/20/2012 09:48 PM
nice job, good looking set up.
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07/20/2012 09:49 PM
That looks great!.
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07/20/2012 11:06 PM
Well done!  :bigthumbs:
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#10
07/21/2012 04:15 PM
shameless :bump:
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#11
07/21/2012 04:22 PM
Nicely done!
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#12
08/22/2012 11:01 PM
I missed this the first time around(probably because the front page is loaded up with passes and bombs).  Very nice work Pete!

Just diggin' at ya Rich, I'm not real big on them either.
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#13
08/23/2012 12:20 AM
QuoteRobert LG - 8/23/2012  12:01 AM

I missed this the first time around(probably because the front page is loaded up with passes and bombs).  Very nice work Pete!

Just diggin' at ya Rich, I'm not real big on them either.


LMAO!  That's probably why I missed it too, Rob  :biggrin:

Great job Pete!  That there is a great and well thought out Vinodor that likely didn't cost you a whole lot.  I love it -- it's all about value and the return on investment   ;-)

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#14
08/23/2012 05:08 AM
now that is one cool project, well done!

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#15
08/23/2012 10:38 AM
Very very nice! Congrats!!!
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#16
08/23/2012 01:27 PM
very nice. how many sticks could it hold?

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#17
08/23/2012 01:58 PM
Quotepferg - 8/23/2012  2:27 PM

very nice. how many sticks could it hold?


From the picture of the boxes inside his vinodor, looks like about 100 sticks or so.

PETE314

#18
08/23/2012 02:11 PM
My guesstimate is a minimum of 100 with minimal stacking...and probably a max of 175(possibly more)....but I am not even close to filling right now so they are just guestimates....
I thought I was wrong once....but I was mistaken....

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#19
10/05/2012 07:17 PM
Posts like this are an inspiration.  Well done and great pics that could easily be turned in to a how to.

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#20
10/05/2012 07:37 PM
WOW missed this the first time around! Great job Pete looking sharp :bigthumbs:
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