Turning this special box in a Humidor?

**Cabaiguan Juan** · 02-13-2006, 12:54 PM

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** · 02-13-2006, 02:56 PM

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** · 02-13-2006, 04:47 PM

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** · 02-13-2006, 05:14 PM

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** · 02-14-2006, 10:29 AM

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** · 02-14-2006, 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by 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

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.

**SuperChuck** · 02-14-2006, 07:07 PM

Originally Posted by prophetic_joe

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.

Is that stuff as good as it makes itself out to be? I've seen it in the big box home improvement shops, but I haven't tried it.

**nhcigarfan** · 02-14-2006, 07:54 PM

you can make the lip out of quarter round trim molding.

http://www.imperialdesign.on.ca/ELEM...NDS/rounds.htm

and then 45 degree the corners and make basically a picture frame so the flat sides face the inside wall and the top, with the round portion on the inside. That should allow enough wood to get some small nails in to secure it to the top.

However, I'm only an idea man. I couldn't actually put this together if I had too.