Cabinet Humidor Project

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  • matkn293
    matkn293 Posts: 3,565 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Made more progress today. Got the 1/2" mdf for the back and cut to size. First coat of backside finish paint on. Also went and picked up the Spanish cedar. HOLY MOLY I was not expecting that. The big cost is the 3/4" boards I am going to use for the shelves. That is outrageous. But will be worth it in the end. Would have been nice if they had 1/2" but I will take what I can get. Whew. At least I know it will for sure hold its own weight across 3'
    got he doors on and the hinges adjusted. Will def have to work on sealing those at the top, bottom, and both sides. Going to rip a pice of the 3/4" down and use that for the stops. Am kicking around a super custom idea and if I do it will be a surprise for you folks. Not sure exactly what the finish of it will look like if I do. 

    Life is too short to smoke bad cigars!!!

    Oh when the Blues, Oh when the Blues, Oh when the Blues go marching in!


  • matkn293
    matkn293 Posts: 3,565 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Couple pics. Walked out to the garage and it now smells like a walk in. 

    Life is too short to smoke bad cigars!!!

    Oh when the Blues, Oh when the Blues, Oh when the Blues go marching in!


  • Sketch6995
    Sketch6995 Posts: 4,495 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice
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  • cigarbreath
    cigarbreath Posts: 2,748 ✭✭✭✭
    A serious labor of love.
  • Guitarded
    Guitarded Posts: 4,720 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It sounds like this piece is gaining weight and momentum every day.
    You might need the whole Lou crew to move it! 
    Great work Mark!  :)
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  • Sketch6995
    Sketch6995 Posts: 4,495 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Castors and wheels.
    You can buy big ass tires for it at any harbor.freight. lol
    The higher.......the fewer.  ( Alexander Rozhenko)

     What you can't forgive......you will become.
  • matkn293
    matkn293 Posts: 3,565 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Made a lot of good progress today. Got the shelvescut to size, got the doors on and adjusted, upper and lower door stops in, weather stripping on the vertical sides, magnetic door holders on top and bottom, got the back piece put on, and got the 45 degree pieces in the corners of the installed for the lights. 

    Not to get a hand planer layer to Plane down the shelves and the make aeration holes and then sanded. Need to get the 1/4 cedar for the back cut to size and installed. Then get the inside receptacle installed. I have the space between the 2 doors pretty tight so I am going to wait on a stop and sealing behind them to see how they do. 

    Decided to order new led tape lights rather than use what I have. I would have had to get more anyway. This stuff has multi color functionality and a remote so I don't need to install a switch. Waiting for this and the cedar trays I ordered to get in. Trays will be here Monday. Getting close gents. Then it's seasoning time. 

    Life is too short to smoke bad cigars!!!

    Oh when the Blues, Oh when the Blues, Oh when the Blues go marching in!


  • arch72
    arch72 Posts: 772 ✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2017
    Just a thought @matkn293  make sure you leave some room for the cedar to swell after it gets seasons the wood will swell up some not much I think but some
  • matkn293
    matkn293 Posts: 3,565 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Already accounted for

    Life is too short to smoke bad cigars!!!

    Oh when the Blues, Oh when the Blues, Oh when the Blues go marching in!


  • arch72
    arch72 Posts: 772 ✭✭✭✭
    I thought you would but wanted to make sure :)
  • matkn293
    matkn293 Posts: 3,565 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It won't swell much. Really only concerned about the shelves since they have the most mass as far as the cedar goes. The back is just 1/4" (milled thickness is around 3/16"). That will not swell much. 

    Life is too short to smoke bad cigars!!!

    Oh when the Blues, Oh when the Blues, Oh when the Blues go marching in!


  • arch72
    arch72 Posts: 772 ✭✭✭✭
    I wouldn't think more than 1/8 inch at the most
  • clearlysuspect
    clearlysuspect Posts: 2,122 ✭✭✭✭
    Wow!  That's looking amazing. 
  • arch72
    arch72 Posts: 772 ✭✭✭✭
    That thing is looking great @matkn293. what do you plan on using for the humidity?
  • dirtdude
    dirtdude Posts: 6,232 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks great Mark
    A little dirt never hurt
  • matkn293
    matkn293 Posts: 3,565 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cigar oasis magna

    Life is too short to smoke bad cigars!!!

    Oh when the Blues, Oh when the Blues, Oh when the Blues go marching in!


  • Albinfk
    Albinfk Posts: 1,923 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Amazing job Mark.
  • bert873
    bert873 Posts: 2,561 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks awesome Mark! That's a lot of space to fill, I bet you'll need help filling it up......
  • Sketch6995
    Sketch6995 Posts: 4,495 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2017
    I hope that's enough holes for air movement.  Of course, 300 cigars will cover them anyways lol
    Looks good
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     What you can't forgive......you will become.
  • matkn293
    matkn293 Posts: 3,565 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It should be. I also allowed for space in the front and the back for air movement. 

    Life is too short to smoke bad cigars!!!

    Oh when the Blues, Oh when the Blues, Oh when the Blues go marching in!


  • Sketch6995
    Sketch6995 Posts: 4,495 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice, that's where most of the air moves anyways
    The higher.......the fewer.  ( Alexander Rozhenko)

     What you can't forgive......you will become.
  • Diver43
    Diver43 Posts: 2,217 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Do you think that some half circles cut into the sides would allow more air movement?
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  • matkn293
    matkn293 Posts: 3,565 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It may. Don't believe I will be finding out though. I am about done with sawdust for a while. 

    Life is too short to smoke bad cigars!!!

    Oh when the Blues, Oh when the Blues, Oh when the Blues go marching in!


  • dirtdude
    dirtdude Posts: 6,232 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice work Mark
    A little dirt never hurt

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