An Awesome DIY Cigar Humidor A Guy Made For His Friend’s Wedding Present, Just Look At How Stunning It Is!

It’s hard to decide what to buy for your buddy’s wedding present, I mean, if they don’t give you a list. A homemade cigar humidor would be a great idea. Don’t know how to make one? Don’t worry, below is a humidor project done by doitdoitdoit 

Completed pic first, like you all like it

Here are some of the raw materials

cut the oak to size

walnut paperbacked veneer

Watered down some glue to brush it on the oak boards

Apply some pressure to glue veneer

Masking tape to prevent tear-out

The whole thing comes together with rabbet joints

Top and bottoms made from maple plywood – because wood movement

Everything dry fit

gluing

Cutting the rabbets for edge banding, again tape to prevent tearout in thin veneer

Edge banding to from redwood burl

Also inlay for extra sexyness

More tape

rabbets for edge banding and space for inlay – all on table saw

gluing in the redwood

after inlay and redwood glued

sanded flush to surface

cut whole thing in half – dont forget the masking tape!

The cross section

cut some spanish cedar for the inside

routed a hole for the quadrant hinges

More routing – a router edge guide makes this pretty simple

matching halves

More spanish cedar box in a box

Everything complete

Lacquer finish

About 10 coats – lacuqer dries quick so this took only a few hours

After rubbing out with some 2000 grit paper and polishing compound

An analog guage and humidifier in place

Source: Reddit