Customized Edgestar Coolidor

mravery · 10-30-2009, 07:57 PM

Hello all,

Being in Central Fla, keeping the temp down is an issue so I figured one of the wine coolers would do the trick. I'm a traditional sort of guy and the looks of the metal cooler didn't do it for me so I found the Edgestar wooden cooler. Figured that a 'scratch and dent' would be ok I picked up one on Ebay for $199 including shipping. Well, upon arrival it wasn't 'scratch and dented', it was more like 'run over by a truck, put in reverse and run over again'. Damage on all sides and feet. Good news was that it still cooled great, no cracks in the glass and maintained its temp and RH with 1 lb of Heartfelt 65% beads. After negotiating a discounted price with the seller for $125 I took a trip to the local Lowes store. The following pics are the unit before, during and after its transformation.

mravery · 10-30-2009, 08:08 PM

Now the finished case......maintains RH at 65 and temp at 65....Total cost... $125 for the cooler and $100 for wood and materials, $225 complete.

timo · 10-30-2009, 08:09 PM

Very Nice

DMK · 10-30-2009, 08:17 PM

but its so empty....

tchariya · 10-30-2009, 08:40 PM

oh man...Chasden and now you....

sooo cool. Wanna do this for the vino? :P

ucla695 · 10-30-2009, 09:06 PM

Great way to dress it up!

MrOneEyedBoh · 10-30-2009, 11:42 PM

Nice

Homebrewer · 10-31-2009, 02:58 AM

Damn, that's a great idea. Nice work.

mravery · 10-31-2009, 05:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DMK

but its so empty....

Yes.. I know it's empty...... I have many on order, wanted to get it up and running before delivery

Easy to do guys... and it took me about 2 days to complete it (easy weekend project).

Next one I try will be to build one out of cedar and just install the cooling unit.

Cheers
Mark

Barteur · 10-31-2009, 06:02 AM

Really nice, easier to convince your wife with this type of finish than tell her ''By the way I a putting a fridge in the living room''

Good work

Frenchie

longknocker · 10-31-2009, 06:07 AM

Very Well Done, Mark!

mravery · 10-31-2009, 06:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barteur

Really nice, easier to convince your wife with this type of finish than tell her ''By the way I a putting a fridge in the living room''

Good work

Frenchie

Very true... however she now wants me to build stuff for her urgggggg

mravery · 10-31-2009, 06:13 AM

Thanks for all the kind words guys.....

I would assume that most of the units that are on the market are pretty much all made the same way. The cooling unit is a self contained insulated 'box' that has either a wood (as was my case) or metal casing around it. Simply remove the casing (look to the back for support bracket and remove them, then slide to insulated 'box' out) and use the outer casing as a template for the new one.

Wonder if I could market these and make some $$$ hmmmmm

Cheers
Mark

captain53 · 10-31-2009, 06:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mravery

Thanks for all the kind words guys.....

I would assume that most of the units that are on the market are pretty much all made the same way. The cooling unit is a self contained insulated 'box' that has either a wood (as was my case) or metal casing around it. Simply remove the casing (look to the back for support bracket and remove them, then slide to insulated 'box' out) and use the outer casing as a template for the new one.

Wonder if I could market these and make some $$$ hmmmmm

Cheers
Mark

No doubt you could! Now could you make a profit on them, that might be a little harder but who knows.

captain53 · 10-31-2009, 06:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mravery

Thanks for all the kind words guys.....

I would assume that most of the units that are on the market are pretty much all made the same way. The cooling unit is a self contained insulated 'box' that has either a wood (as was my case) or metal casing around it. Simply remove the casing (look to the back for support bracket and remove them, then slide to insulated 'box' out) and use the outer casing as a template for the new one.

Wonder if I could market these and make some $$$ hmmmmm

Cheers
Mark

No doubt you could sell them! Now could you make a profit on them, that might be a little harder but who knows.

BORIStheBLADE · 10-31-2009, 09:38 AM

Nice idea, cleans up the look of a wine cooler.

10-30-2009, 08:09 PM	#3
timo Feeling at Home Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: MA Posts: 723 Trading: (0)	Re: Customized Edgestar Coolidor Very Nice __________________ Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics

10-30-2009, 08:17 PM	#4
DMK S.O.B. Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Darryl Location: Hamilton, ON. Canada. Posts: 2,743 Trading: (86)	Re: Customized Edgestar Coolidor but its so empty.... __________________ Darryl, SOB...

10-30-2009, 08:40 PM	#5
tchariya Taters of the lost Ark Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Illinois Posts: 592 Trading: (13)	Re: Customized Edgestar Coolidor oh man...Chasden and now you.... sooo cool. Wanna do this for the vino? :P

10-30-2009, 09:06 PM	#6
ucla695 Neither here, nor there Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The Pool Posts: 3,696 Trading: (5)	Re: Customized Edgestar Coolidor Great way to dress it up!

10-30-2009, 11:42 PM	#7
MrOneEyedBoh Hon. Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 953 Trading: (30)	Re: Customized Edgestar Coolidor Nice

10-31-2009, 02:58 AM	#8
Homebrewer Love'm Tatuaje Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 158 Trading: (9)	Re: Customized Edgestar Coolidor Damn, that's a great idea. Nice work.

10-31-2009, 06:02 AM	#10
Barteur Golf is life Join Date: Feb 2009 First Name: Eric Location: Montreal Posts: 724 Trading: (18)	Re: Customized Edgestar Coolidor Really nice, easier to convince your wife with this type of finish than tell her ''By the way I a putting a fridge in the living room'' Good work Frenchie __________________

10-31-2009, 06:07 AM	#11
longknocker Postwhore Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Greg Location: Mobile, Alabama Posts: 11,114 Trading: (82)	Re: Customized Edgestar Coolidor Very Well Done, Mark!

10-31-2009, 06:13 AM	#13
mravery Just in from the Storm Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 16 Trading: (0)	Re: Customized Edgestar Coolidor Thanks for all the kind words guys..... I would assume that most of the units that are on the market are pretty much all made the same way. The cooling unit is a self contained insulated 'box' that has either a wood (as was my case) or metal casing around it. Simply remove the casing (look to the back for support bracket and remove them, then slide to insulated 'box' out) and use the outer casing as a template for the new one. Wonder if I could market these and make some $$$ hmmmmm Cheers Mark

10-31-2009, 09:38 AM	#16
BORIStheBLADE _ Join Date: Nov 2008 First Name: Mike Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 643 Trading: (4)	Re: Customized Edgestar Coolidor Nice idea, cleans up the look of a wine cooler. __________________ I.B.E.W LOCAL # 617