I built my keezer about 4 years ago now. It has been working great since I built it.
It'll hold 4 Cornelius kegs, or 3 kegs and a carboy (handy for lagering in the Summer time).
I have about 40 hours into building and procuring materials. Another 10 hours into finishing the wood.
It is completely independent of the freezer. I can turn it back into a freezer in about 20 minutes. I did that just in case I had warrantee issues. I started with a Holiday 7 CuFt. chest freezer that my wife got me from Lowes for Christmas 2012.
I wanted to make it somewhat portable so I made a cart with casters. I made it just the right size to hold it securely. I mitered the corners and screwed it together. I also cut a slot around the front and the two sides with a router. The slot was ½” wide and was ½” away from the sheet metal of the freezer. The slot is to hold the façade of the final treasure chest skin.
The lid of the chest freezer was removed. A collar was made from pine to route the faucets through. It is made from 2 X 6 and 1 X 6 this was built like many others except it was much larger on the outside. It stuck out much further on the sides and the front. Besides the holes for the faucets it has a slot on the bottom along the front and sides to match the bottom cart. This also traps the facade. So the only thing holding the whole treasure chest front and sides is the slot cut into the collar and the base.
The bottom side of the collar also has a recess that fits snugly to the top sealing surface of the freezer. The ring was painted with about 10 coats of white and black Rustoleum. The recess was lined with foam gasket material to seal tight to the top of the freezer.
The holes in the collar were drilled counter bored and painted.
At this point it would have worked fine as a pretty cool Keezer. I wanted something a little bit different and extraordinary…