DIY Humidor?

why not buy a humidor?

 

It's about the greater sense of appreciation involved with the creation of something. A humidor is more than just a box. The humidor I use, heck my Father's Zippo, are both older than I am and I'm 30.

 

I don't think it would be hard to make a wooden one. I think the hardest point would be lining it, attaching the Spanish cedar to the wood that it is made from. This would be done before assembly I would think. Using thicker cedar and letting it stick up to make the seal may be easier than making that separately


There are tons of people that use ice chests/coolers. Called Coolerdors. They seal great, just add some heartfelt beads and a digi hygro and your basically done. Add Spanish cedar sheets b/c they help keep things regulated a bit.

If you want to store a lot of boxes this is a great way to do it.

 

because

 

there are so many different humidors. There has to be 1 that he likes.

 

another woodie? awesome! it's been done before, my shop teacher built one. i'll post some pics of my grandfather clock later. did i mention this teacher was a master lather?

(sorry, i couldn't resist)

 

Perhaps, but he hasn't found it yet.

 

I guess you could make it all cedar, I don't really know. I know that spanish cedar is important because it doesn't give off a smell/taste like other cedar and it helps regulate the humidity.

The humidification device is either one that has a foam like material that you wet with a propylene glycol/distilled water solution. It comes pre-mixed in a bottle. Or Humidification Beads. It is the new thing. They not only release moisture buy absorb it if humidity gets too high. I bought my beads from www.cigarmony.com Heartfelt industries has them too. Get a digital hygrometer so you can monitor your humidity. The analog versions don't work very well.

I would go to www.cigarweekly.com and go to the forums, in the "cedar room" section there is a lot of info on humidors. People on there have built their own. There is a members gallery where you can see some of them IIRC.

 

I think these guy shave some kits.

http://www.woodcraft.com/default.aspx?refcode=06INOVER&keyword=woodcraft

You'll need to build the box, but you can get some hardware and humidity control items through them.