making a humidor

[prophetic_joe]

Hello. My grampa has ben puffing since he was 17. In shop class he made a cigar box and I decided to finish it. I made it look fashionable, but how do I make it humid inside? What do I need?

See the problem is nobody knows exactly what you did to the box. The first thing is that we need to know the box has a good quality seal. Should sort of make a suction kind of noise when opening a bit, also the inside lining should be spanish cedar or some other non aromatic wood. It needs to close true and have the ability first and foremost to hold the humidity inside. Until you can be sure that it has that ability it is no good as a humidor. The nest thing you need to do is get some type of hygrometer, internet search to find one, if you happen to buy some heartfelt beads, again google search for them, you will really only need a cheap hygrometer, non digital analog version. Post pics of the box and we could maybe be more help.

[scoob]

As you can see, its pretty ancient. It was made over 65 years ago. I wouldn't mind finishing as he would have liked that. Its not large, but it would be nice to keep my warlocks and zinos in something other than tupperware. So thanks men. I would appreciate any more tips. Also, I took the old stain off. Anything I did wrong and things to do right?

[badwhale]

That's not going to work without extensive modification.

Keep it as a memento, and get a different humidor.

[TheGreekTitan]

That's not going to work without extensive modification.

Keep it as a memento, and get a different humidor.

+1 Put a nice finish on it and keep your accessories and / or bands in it.

On another note, that could be some of the earliest plywood in existence. Hard to tell from the pics but parts of it look like plywood, which was invented during the 2nd World War if I'm not mistaken. That would be pretty cool to me in and of itself.

[prophetic_joe]

As you can see, its pretty ancient. It was made over 65 years ago. I wouldn't mind finishing as he would have liked that. Its not large, but it would be nice to keep my warlocks and zinos in something other than tupperware. So thanks men. I would appreciate any more tips. Also, I took the old stain off. Anything I did wrong and things to do right?

I agree with the others. It's not going to work without quite a bit of modification and frankly the amount of money into materials that you would spend would better goo towards a 50-100 count humi from someplace like Cheap Humidors or Cuban Crafters. I would get some polyurethane and finish it so it looks nice and then use it to keep my cutters, lighters and other accessories.

[scoob]

Yeah, I guess that makes sense. Thanks guys. Now... to. Find a humidor :P

[prophetic_joe]

50 counts
http://www.cheaphumidors.com/p_small..._HUM-25EL.html

http://www.cheaphumidors.com/p_small...-25-GLASS.html

100 count
http://www.cheaphumidors.com/p_mediu...HUM-75DRG.html

150 count
http://www.cheaphumidors.com/p_mediu...s_HUM-3DR.html