Building my own humidor.

hoffpa

I bought my first humidor about a year ago when i started smoking higher quality cigars. Because im a poor college student I bought one for about 30 bucks online, to say the least i was not happy. I am planning on building a higher quality, nicer looking humidor. I have found a couple of online tutorials that i think would be useful. As a nice cigar community you are i was wondering if there are any problems you know of that people have had building their own anything i should look out for?

I am planning on using Oak for the outside and adding about 1/4 inch Spanish cedar outline for the inside. Planning on having the cedar lip above the Oak outline to have a better seal.

Any tips would be very appreciated!

PuroFreak

There are a few threads on the site about some guys talking about doing this. I would love to do it, just don't have the time or the place to do it at the moment. I'm sure you will get some good feedback on here.

kuzi16

1/4 inch.... you can save money by moving down to 1/8th inch. it wont hurt it any. the lip for the seal should be thicker.

HERE is a link that may get you off to a good start. If you have other questions after this, ill see if i can help. I dont know how much i can be being that i have never built one myself, but ill give it a go.

frogjunk

Not knowing what your woodworking skills are and, due to the fact that you're a "poor college student," I think I would recommend you go the coolerdor route for awhile. I used coolers for years with very excellent results until I had a humidor custom built for me last year. It has a capacity of approximately 50 boxes and it is excellent. I have decent woodworking abilities and even have a substantial amount of Spanish Cedar on hand, but am a little concerned about getting the seal just right. Anyway, whatever you decide to do - good luck!

hoffpa

Thanks for the feedback, I have all the supplies and am about to start building it. Im just lost on where to find some Spanish Cedar. Online there are only a few places but shipping is 20 bucks or so. Anyone know where to get it for cheap. And or i live near the Twin citis if you know a store near there. 

rdnstn

There was some guy selling some on ebay about a month back. You could check to see if he's still on there.

Edit: Ok here's a link to the guys listing
http://cgi.ebay.com/BUILD-YOUR-OWN-CIGAR-HUMIDOR-SPANISH-CEDAR-WITH-PLANS_W0QQitemZ260363170613QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCollectibles_Tobacciana?hash=item260363170613&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66:2|65:1|39:1|240:1318

Hal72

how is the building going!? post a picture when your done:)

hoffpa

kaspera79

Hey hoff, pretty damn nice !! Now that is craftsmanship .. Now you need to fill it UP , and then build a bigger one.

dutyje

Wow.. that's extremely well done! You should build more of these and start selling them.

dafeesh

That looks great. Do you have any issues with it or recommendations for others who want to build one? Keep up the good work!!

urbino

Wow. Terrific job, hoff. Unlike any woodworking project I ever undertook, yours has, like, right-angles and proper miters. Looks like it probably seals well, too!

frogjunk

Super! Forget what I said about the coolers. Next up for you: a large cabinet humidor.

Hal72

very nice:)

did you use just glue when joining, or some nails. planning any exterior engraving or something!? hope you are happy with the seal.

hoffpa

The seal works fine. I used glue to keep it all together and the top cedar is the only glue i put for cedar, the inside box is all pressed together nicely.  im not adding any labels or anything, i like the nice clean look. I did use 1/4 inch cedar on the inside but i feel like that was too thick, i would recommend to anyone to use 1/8.

brc81

How much money do you have invested in the build? It looks great!