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Overview
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Create a stately and sophisticated gathering place for mixing and serving drink.
Find step-by-step instructions for How to Build a Bar
Download fun extras including drink pairings to go with this project.
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To build the bar:
1. Frame and sheath the front and sides
• Attach framing to plywood
• Attach lauan
2. Attach the trim
• Mark corner overhang
• Secure stiles and rails
• Attach molding
3. Secure the shelving supports
• Screw supports to the back of the bar walls
4. Assemble the front and sides
5. Install the shelves
6. Finish attaching the face molding
• Attach corner stiles
6. Cut and install the bar top and molding
• Dry fit bar rail
• Miter bar rail
• Attach bar top
7. Attach the foot rail
• Attach foot rail brackets -
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Two 8-hour days
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$425 (not including foot rail)
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Tools
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Shopping List
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Difficulty: Moderate
The oversized parts and intricate miter cuts may be difficult for a novice.
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Tools List
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Circular saw
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Miter saw
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Drill/driver fitted with a combination drill bit
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Pneumatic nail gun
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Small hand saw
Shopping List
1. Lauan to sheathe the outside of the front and sides. Get one full 4x8 sheet and one half sheet.
2. ½-inch plywood to sheathe the inside of the front and sides. Get one full 4x8 sheet and one half sheet. Pick sheets with at least one smooth, paintable surface.
3. ¾-inch utility-grade plywood for the bar top's substrate. Get one 4x8 sheet.
4. 1x3 supports to be sandwiched flat between the plywood and lauan as framing. Get seven 8-foot pine boards.
5. 1x4 stiles and rails Get seven 8-foot clear-pine boards.
6. 1x8 rail Get one 8-foot clear-pine board.
7. 1x10 shelving board Get two 6-foot clear-pine boards.
8. 1x2 to install below the bottom shelf and cap the back edge of the side walls. Get one 8-foot and one 6-foot clear-pine length.9. 1x1 to make the shelving cleats Get two 8-foot length.
10. panel or base cap molding to trim the inside edges of the stiles and rails.
11. 1x10 oak for the finished bar top Get two 6-foot boards.
12. 1x2 oak to trim the back edge of the bar top Get an 8-foot length.
13. Oak bar-rail molding Get a 12-foot length.
14. Foot rail, brackets, and caps (optional, available through KegWorks)
15. ⅝-inch brad nails
16. 1¼-inch brad nails
17. 1¼-inch screws
18. 3-inch screws
2. ½-inch plywood to sheathe the inside of the front and sides. Get one full 4x8 sheet and one half sheet. Pick sheets with at least one smooth, paintable surface.
3. ¾-inch utility-grade plywood for the bar top's substrate. Get one 4x8 sheet.
4. 1x3 supports to be sandwiched flat between the plywood and lauan as framing. Get seven 8-foot pine boards.
5. 1x4 stiles and rails Get seven 8-foot clear-pine boards.
6. 1x8 rail Get one 8-foot clear-pine board.
7. 1x10 shelving board Get two 6-foot clear-pine boards.
8. 1x2 to install below the bottom shelf and cap the back edge of the side walls. Get one 8-foot and one 6-foot clear-pine length.9. 1x1 to make the shelving cleats Get two 8-foot length.
10. panel or base cap molding to trim the inside edges of the stiles and rails.
11. 1x10 oak for the finished bar top Get two 6-foot boards.
12. 1x2 oak to trim the back edge of the bar top Get an 8-foot length.
13. Oak bar-rail molding Get a 12-foot length.
14. Foot rail, brackets, and caps (optional, available through KegWorks)
15. ⅝-inch brad nails
16. 1¼-inch brad nails
17. 1¼-inch screws
18. 3-inch screws
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