Addition to the back deck

BigGreenGator

Saw some of these on the Internet the other day, thought I'd make one ... What Ya think   

SmokeyPitt

Very cool- nice DIY! 

RRP

Does it have a finish on it? Looks like raw wood to me. I'd put at least 3 coats of marine varnish or poly on it. Undoubtedly people will sit cold cans on that and rings and spills will be sure to happen and it soon won't be looking so pretty. 

Botch

Likey!  Nice job!  

Ladeback69

Cool!

NPHuskerFL

Dude!  I know where you live!  Awesome. When can I pick it up?  

RRP

Good job - sorry I didn't catch that you made it! Looked right over that! I'd still give it a finish though.

Gator_Fan

looks great !!

JohnnyTarheel

That will work out nice on the deck.. Nice work

cook861

Nice cooler i'll take one after NPhuskerFL

RiverDoc

That looks great!

Monaarts

I want to build inbox these into my outdoor table this summer. 

BigGreenGator

RRP said:

Does it have a finish on it? Looks like raw wood to me. I'd put at least 3 coats of marine varnish or poly on it. Undoubtedly people will sit cold cans on that and rings and spills will be sure to happen and it soon won't be looking so pretty. 

RRP no finish I actually had just finished (constructing) it before the pictures ...there is two ways to go with these, most of the ones I have seen folks did them out of pallet lumber and called them rustic cooler stands so no need to worry about a finish ...I just happened to have some left over 1x6 T&G cedar laying around and used that... turned out to be a pretty nice piece of deck furniture so I will eventually put something on it  

BigGreenGator

NPHuskerFL said:

Dude!  I know where you live!  Awesome. When can I pick it up?  

Husker, I put a pic of this on FB with-in a day had an order for 10 lol id have to quite my job tooo funny  

BigGreenGator

These even have some plumbing done to them ... Here's a pic if my first build showing the faucet ... Works great 
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SmokeyPitt

That is sweet.  A drain plug that will never leak! 

BigGreenGator

Here's one I just finished for a Bama friend of mine 

henapple

Nice work 

beatarmy

I used to have something similar, worked great for about a year or so, then all of my wood started expanding and then eventually fell apart.  Also had issue with the adhesive between the top of the cooler and the lid of the box sticking properly.  My cooler was the cheap styrafom, that might have made a difference too.

BigGreenGator

beatarmy said:

I used to have something similar, worked great for about a year or so, then all of my wood started expanding and then eventually fell apart.  Also had issue with the adhesive between the top of the cooler and the lid of the box sticking properly.  My cooler was the cheap styrafom, that might have made a difference too.

Beatarmy ... I've done five so far we'll just have to see how they do ... I've glued and screw all joints including the pocket hole connections ... The coolers I use are igloo brand 30.00 ones with SS screws and nice spout ... Hopefully ee'll get more than a year