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Build Your Own BAR with The KC Social Hour

Posted: April 24, 2016 in Uncategorized
Tags: Beer Photos, Craft, DIY, Do it Yourself, Kansas, Kansas City, KC Social, Missouri, Photos, podcast, Ruven Ortiz, Self Improvement, The KC Social, The KC Social Hour, Witness The Craft
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It was a dire situation. We at the KC Social needed a location to drink and podcast from. We also needed shelf space for beer and equipment. Management (wife) gave the OK to add a bar to the basement. We began to plot a course of action by Google searching bars for inspiration. We came across this website DIY Done Right, sponsored by the fastener company Simpson Strong-Tie. College interns in the Strong-Tie engineering department came up with this wicked set of plans:

  • Material List and Cut list
  • Bar Frame
  • Complete Bar

“We designed the frame to allow for maximum use of the space by including a two-level bar top, two massive shelves spanning the length of the bar and a cutout for a mini-fridge (or a sink if you decide to take on the plumbing challenge).”- Simpson Strong-Tie Interns

We Loved it!

Here is how we created our new favorite hangout:

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Order the Materials and Make the Cuts 

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We penciled in the cut lengths

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Get proper tools/fasteners and start building

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More Building…

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The finished version from the Strong-Tie Website looks like this:

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We added 10 outlets (podcast baby)! Then we stained the bar top with MINWAX wood stain Gunstock 231 and the bar with Golden Oak 210B.IMG_6616

We covered the bar in 3 Coats of Polyurethane. The bar top needs to be rubbed out with steel wool and furniture paste wax. Here is an excellent tutorial:

Rub it Out! (there is a joke in there somewhere)

Finishing touches like a bottle opener and footrest make it kickass. 

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Our bar and footrest are fastened to the concrete with Tapcon screws.  Holla at your boys! 

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