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