Turning this special box in a Humidor?

[Kayakinboy]

On CigarPass, I had an idea for a raffel for the Opus X 22 CFCF set. I won the box in the raffel and wanted to check into getting the box turned into a humidor. I honestly think this box is big enough to replace my cooler, no joke. It's huge! My only problem is I have no tools, and no experience working with wood. I was wondering if anyone on here would know anything about how to and maybe I could throw some cash at them to do it for me!

Here's the box:




Here's what I'm looking to do, notice the wood slots like on a humidor:



There are two trays that come in the HUGE box and maybe they would be turned into shelves... I dunno...

Anyone?

[SuperChuck]

Have you tried just testing how it holds humidity?

It looks like the lid has a nice little lip to it. It may do the job on its own.

[porschesales225]

i dont think you would have to do anything to that box to make it a humi. check to see if it holds RH well and i think it will. if not then you have to find out where your leaks are and seal them with some cedar strips. Either way it shouldnt be a hard project at all.

[Cabaiguan Juan]

I'm sure the first way to get the box turned into a humidor is to mae some room for it, like removing some of those bottles of booze to gwt a place for it. I can 'hold' onto a couple of those bottles for ya. Any whiskey bottles you need to remove, I'm your guy. BTW, are you a bar tender, or is that your own selection?

[Kayakinboy]

for clarifaction, the top two pics are the box, the third pic, is of a box that's been converted...

the big box could hold 6 or 7 of those bottom boxes

[porschesales225]

then what you need is some small strips of cedar to creat a seal for the box you want to convert. on the box you have i would put the lip on the bottom section it would be easier to measure and attach for a novice wood worker. you have dividers from the coffins and if you want shelves your can make youself a lilttle one that sits on blocks. could be done fairly easily with just some glue and a little time. pretty low budget too.

[SuperChuck]

Put the cigars in the box, close the box, and run duct tape along the length of the seam.

Just from eyeballing it, it looks like all you need to do is create a "lip" around the inside of the lid. See how the lid has that border on it, then it's indented? I'd try to find some pieces of spanish cedar to fit on the inside of that border, really snugly. You probably want to mitre the edges so they fit together nicey-nicey. You may need to do this with elbow grease and sandpaper, since it's so small.

I'm not sure what kind of glue you'd want to use to tack it to the lid. I would think most glues would have some unhappy residual smells...

Bear in mind, I know next to nothing about woodworking

[Kayakinboy]

same here, i don't know jack, that's why i hoped someone might want to "help" (CIGARS OR CASH!) me tackle this project, but i agree with what you guys are saying.

[prophetic_joe]

Put the cigars in the box, close the box, and run duct tape along the length of the seam.

Just from eyeballing it, it looks like all you need to do is create a "lip" around the inside of the lid. See how the lid has that border on it, then it's indented? I'd try to find some pieces of spanish cedar to fit on the inside of that border, really snugly. You probably want to mitre the edges so they fit together nicey-nicey. You may need to do this with elbow grease and sandpaper, since it's so small.

I'm not sure what kind of glue you'd want to use to tack it to the lid. I would think most glues would have some unhappy residual smells...

Bear in mind, I know next to nothing about woodworking

I agree just add a lip to it and you should be alright. get a nice tight seal. gorilla glue works great and I have never noticed any smell when it has dried.

[BunkyX]

KB, it looks like a simple enough project. I'm sure you can find someone up where you live to handle it for you. I would suggest taking it to a cabinet shop and getting a quote. I also believe ther is a Woodcraft store in Knoxville that carries spanish cedar. For that matter one of the guys there might be willing to take on the project for you. I would do it for you but shipping it to Florida and back would be a little expensive.

P.S. The web site for Woodcraft is WWW.Woodcraft.com click on store and then the state there are three in east TN.

[WOXOF]

I think any wood that was non-aromatic or does not have an odor would be fine. I'm not sure if birch or oak have any odor or not, both are common and pretty inexpensive. Taking it to a cabinet shop is a good idea, but who knows how much money they will want to do it. I've seen 1/4" thick planks of spanish cedar for sale on ebay that could be ripped down to the size you need. Sorry, I may not be any real help, just throwing out some ideas. I'd love to give it a shot but won't be heading to knoxville until football season. If you post the dimensions of the lid, maybe someone on here could fabricate the pieces for you and all you would have to do is glue them to the lid.

[Kenyth]

Being that the box is hard to find and valuable to a certain degree, I'd take it to a cabinet shop. They could route a place for the lip to maximize your cigar space and prevent squishing your smokes. I think a better place for the lip is on the bottom half of the box. While you're at it, have them cut a small place for your humidifying device and hygrometer in the lid. A decorative latch would finish it off nicely. I don't think this work would cost much. There's not a whole lot of work or materials, just a need for proper power equipment. You might even be able to find a local high school woodshop to do it for free! Do you have other cigar boxes you could donate to the class? The teacher could do yours for an example, and the kids could work on the old donated cigar boxes. You never know.