Custom Design Humidor

[jimmy]

Hey everybody, it's been a while since I've been active on here, school has just been crazy!

Anyways, I've decided to enlist my dad's help to build a humidor for my cigars. Please take a look at the attached photos and tell me what you think. Thanks!

[jimmy]

Here's the last picture. Also, some captions for the above thumbnails. The first two are just different angles of the humidor, with some dimensions shown. The third and fourth pictures are my instructions to myself and my father on how to make the ladder, which is pictured, partly in picture 5. This picture shows the ladder in it's entirety.

Thanks!

[heftysmokes]

Shitcan the individual holders and go with some drop in-trays. You'll quadruple your storage space.

[buzz]

Shitcan the individual holders and go with some drop in-trays. You'll quadruple your storage space.

I agree, and if you can afford to go larger, go larger.

-Buzz

mrtr33's comment: "I probably agree with Aaron, but probably don't agree with Buzz."
(I've got Mark covered while he's away)

[ashauler]

There is no way I could use the single stick holder thingys.....I'd drive myself bat-shit in no time.

[jimmy]

If I put in trays, do you think I'll get enough airflow for my beads? The beads will probably sit in the bottom. On the sketches above, the space between the two ladders (right in the middle) was going to be for beads... sound good?

Thanks!

[buzz]

If I put in trays, do you think I'll get enough airflow for my beads? The beads will probably sit in the bottom. On the sketches above, the space between the two ladders (right in the middle) was going to be for beads... sound good?

Thanks!

Yes, you can drill holes in the trays or buy them somewhere like this: http://www.bargainhumidors.com/bh/Pr...ctid=ACC-TRAYS

-Buzz

mrtr33's comment: "Calculate how many beads you need here: http://www.heartfeltindustries.com/calculator.asp"

[jimmy]

Hey Buzz, thanks for those links! Now I can't decide whether we (my Dad and I) should build the shelves or just buy 'em.

New Interior Dimensions: 25" Deep x 30" Wide x 13.5" Tall
I got the ideas for the new dimensions from those trays, Buzz. The website said that the dimensions for the trays are: 12.5" Long, 7.5" Wide, and 2.25" Tall.

So, with my current dimensions, I will be able to fit 6 layers of 8 trays (4 Wide, 2 Deep)..

Current thoughts on new dimensions?

Thanks for all the input! I really appreciate it!

[jimmy]

Alright, I worked on this last night and finished it this morning. With input from other members (always looking for more input) I have decided to shitcan the individual holders. They were mostly for asthetics, but I was worried without them or trays, if it would be okay for the cigars to sit on top of each other all the way up the interior ofthe box (minues a tray or two). I've changed what I'm thinking and thanks to Buzz, found some trays that measure 12" x 7.5" x 2.25" According to the website, each tray will hold 30 cigars (I know, probably not accurate) but, with that in mind and with the current dimension configurations of 48 of those trays, I can hold 1440 cigars in this humi. Now, that's not accounting for humi beads or anything else. I'm thinking of getting a couple of the blue cap humi bead tubes (65% Rh). If I had say, 250-300 cigars in there, how many of those blue cap tubes do you think I would need? I've looked at the calculator and it says that I need 11 ounces of beads. Do you think that with 11 ounces my cigars will stay moist enough?

Thanks everybody!

Also, here are the new sketches of the humi. Happy Smoking!

[ashauler]

It never hurts to go over the amount required regarding beads, and actually is beneficial as less "recharging" should be required.

That is a heck of a lot of trays to sort through when you're looking for that one specific cigar. I haven't looked at them, but I can't imagine 48 trays will come cheap.

[jimmy]

yeah, I was looking at the price of the trays (you can buy in bulk) but it's still going to cost me over $300 for 48 of 'em. So the questions now is: Do I divide up the bottom and section it off and just stack cigars and have maybe two or three shelves on top? I'm not sure where to go from here... anybody have any ideas?
Thanks for looking everybody!

[buzz]

Have you thought about using a couple drawers at the bottom and then having a couple trays on top? I'd use an extra tube of beads like Jamie suggested.

-Buzz

mrtr33's comment: "Why did Buzz get credit for the tray idea, but I didn't get credit for the humidity bead calculator?"

[jimmy]

Drawers... damn, wish I'd thought of that... well, guess that means back to the drawing board.

By the way...oops, just figured out who mrtr33 is... now I understand. I apologize for not giving you the proper credit, mrtr33.

[buzz]

Something like this:



Or you could go crazy:



-Buzz

mrtr33's comment: "Just giving you a hard time. "

[TachyCoventry]

For the price of the trays I would recommend the drawers also. The important part (and difficult part) will be getting the drawers to seal up properly. Best of luck to you, I wanted to do something like this also but my laziness caught up to me and I just bought a cooler.

[jimmy]

Right now, the drawer I've drawn up is 2.25" tall and fits tightly inside the humi. I'm thinking to help with the seal, I'll embed some magnets in the sides (at the front) to keep the drawer tightly closed. As for the top trays, I think I'm going to do two trays, the full width and length of the humi, so 30" wide, 25" deep with dividers to seperate sections. The interior that is not occupied by the drawer is 8" tall, 25" x 30" with 3 dividers at a ten inch gap between them.

Thanks for all the comments and critiques! Keep 'em coming!

[heftysmokes]

Go over to Steve's and check his custom humi out; it'll give you some ideas as to what will and won't work.

[jimmy]

Hefty,
I meant to do that over New Year's but ran out of time... Need to do that though.

Thanks!

[jimmy]

Okay, so I saw some pictures of Uncle Steve's humi... it's given me a lot to think about... Guess it's back to the drawing board. Give me a couple of days and I should have a new sketch posted... Thanks everyone for all of the comments and critiques, it's greatly appreciated!

Justin