Turning this special box in a Humidor?

[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.

[SuperChuck]

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]

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.

[prophetic_joe]

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.

It's pretty good stuff, I have found that no glue is quite what they say it is but in the realm of glue I've found it to work well.

[WOXOF]

Where at in Tn are you? I'm guessing Knoxville or close to it. The Home Depot or Lowes both carry small strips of wood for projects as well as different styles of quarter round and other molding. I wouldn't worry about using spanish cedar since it would be hard to find in the size strips you are looking for. It seems like a soft wood would seal better. You could probably get someone at the one of the stores to even cut the strips to length. The gorilla glue is a good idea also, I've used it before with no complaints. I have to head to Lowes this morning, I'll see if I see anything that might be what you need. What are the inside dimensions of the lid(where the strips would be attached)? length, width, depth.

[Kayakinboy]

if not spanish cedar then what wood? You can only use certain woods right?