Hey folks:

I'm a bit of a woodworker. OK, I guess I'd have to say that I'm a "semi-pro". I mainly make musical instruments but now that I'm getting back into cigars I'm thinking about humidors.

The thing is, there are an aweful lot of great humidors out there at prices that I can't compete with. The cost of wood really isn't much of a problem, the labor far overwhelms the material cost. I know that back during the big cigar boom every woodworker seemed to be making custom humidors and prices of $200 to $400 were common.

But now that the boom is over I'm wondering if building a few custom humidors would be worth the time and trouble or if I'd just be wasting timethat could be better spent making something with better earning-per-hour potential.

So I'm wondering what your thoughts are. Are factory made humidors all we'll be seeing in our future or can the market bear a hand made $150 to $250 desktop humidor?