Jan 30 2015 diy rustic cooler with sheet metal custom made rustic wood cooler ice chest 90qt.
Diy rustic cooler with sheet metal.
Remove the handles latches hinges wheels if your cooler has any and the covering of the cooler.
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Draw a mark and make the cut.
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In this video i show you how to make a wooden ice chest cooler box out of 10 not 8 cedar fence pickets.
The next step is to build a little shelf for the top of the cooler frame.
It will be nice and snug.
I left about a half inch of play on each side to make it easy to remove the cooler if needed.
Cut your strips from step 2 the total height of the cooler plus 4 inches to account for the internal supports and top lid distance your boards to the appropriate length and glue brad nail screw the panel together.
Fill this cooler with your favorite beverage.
Along with your favorit.
A bottle opener is attached.
Use the cooler as a template or measure the cooler to determine how long to cut these boards.
Attach hinges to the back of the lid.
Keep the cooler in the rustic frame and place the frame on a flat surface right side up.
Dry fit the cooler into the frame.
Create the legs for the diy cooler box.
Assemble the frame for the cooler out of 2 4 boards.
When you re done you ll have the rustic cooler frame.
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You can make it as snug as you d like.
Place a coupling between the plastic cooler and the wooden cooler and screw the faucet into the coupling.
Connect each 2 4 with 2 1 2 inch screws.
The foam insulation will keep it cold for days.
Measure the slats to make the legs for the cooler.
Place a piece of pvc piping into the hole of the plastic cooler and then into the coupling.
We re basically undressing it so we may give it a new rustic armor.
Making the shelf and lid.