Cornelius slider

[loman4ec]

Yes just carefully peal the top off and sand down the foam under it. If the top metal is bad you can take it to a metal shop and have them cut a piece of metal to replace it with. On one of these that I did I took the new top to a sign shop and had it covered in Vinyl. I did this so it would be more durable when people set things on it. I attached a pic of it. This was the first machine I ever built.

Wow! What a great use for an old slider! And much more efficient than opning it all the time. What clever placement for the tap! I've never seen this pic before Josh. Great job.

What adhesive did you use to reattach the top?

[Bob K]

VERY cool, Josh!

Bob

[halehouse]

Looks great! Great idea for the tap!  Thanks for the tips on the lid.

[loman4ec]

Thanks everyone. I used spay on contact cement. It holds great. But for some reason on the second one I did like this the contact cement wouldn't hold so I used epoxy and that worked fine as well. The kegerator worked great but I didn't know that keg beer has to stay cold or it goes bad so you had to make sure that the keg was gone in a day or two. Below is another pic of the kegerator and of the second lid.

[loman4ec]

And the secon machine. This is also a new lid top made out of galvanized steal and the top is covered in white vinyl and epoxied on.

[sodaworks]

There's a product called "liquid nail" that works really well.

[MoonDawg]

Quote (loman4ec @ Sep. 20 2005,8:08)

keg beer has to stay cold or it goes bad so you had to make sure that the keg was gone in a day or two.

Gosh Josh that's a pretty big keg, how did you do it?  '>

       Don't they offer a keg small enough to fit inside the cooling area?

[loman4ec]

Only a small homebrew or micro brew keg will fit. It is the width that is constricting. The kegs that fit are similar to cornelius kegs for soda. We used it a few times for partys and it worked great. But at our partys we needed a few kegs that size. That was in college and I have settled down alot since then. I'm a lightweight now. I ended up selling that machine and bought my first upright. The USS-64 and did my first upright restoration. At that point I was hooked. Here I am 55 machines later.

Quote (halehouse @ Sep. 17 2005,8:17)

I made the 40 minute drive to pick up this Cornelius slider today. I found it on Craigslist, needs some work, but for $50 I figured I'd get it. It has a Coca Cola button on the front and had a faded 70's sticker across the sign. I was hoping to find the Coca Cola stylestar behind the sticker. As I removed it from the right side I saw an "i"...

Dan,
You could always buy this and have a Coke machine and then save or sell the Pepsi sign...

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