building a humidor GCSE dt

[jantrit]

yeah im very happy that i can continue with this project, and i have that the new wood suppliers are very helpful and a joy to work with. I will be using a Brazilian cedar i believe, its basicaly Spanish cedar grown in Brazil, its what the guy at the wood suppliers recomended for lining a humidor so it shoudl be great. I've spent the last couple of days working on getting all the paper work side of the project together, and i am now looking and different finishes and finishing styles. After looking at the thread with pictures of you humidors in it i have i think decided to do a checker board venner finish in two woods , and that will either be french polished (lots of work) or waxed. Any thoughts or ideas on this?

edit: one question i forgot about, my humidor will be made up with a lining of Brazilian cedar and than 3 mill ply and they the veneer, do i need to treat the side of the ply that comes into contact with the cedar to stop it taking on moisture and possibly warping, say with a finishing resin or varnish, or will it be ok left untreated?

Once again thanks for all your help

[jantrit]

Well its been a while since I last posted up, and I figured I owe you all an update
So construction is well under way, and there is only about 20 days until the whole project is due in .

here are a couple of pics, the first shows the box with the lid cut off , and the second shows the start of lining the humidor.

[bhands]

that looks awesome i cant wait to see a finished product i hope you get an A++ on you project

[mithril]

It's looking good jantrit! good luck for the rest of it.

[jantrit]

Well i couldn't have done it without your help guys.
Here are a couple more photos of todays work.

[mithril]

looking even better! looks like you put a finnish on the inside?

[jantrit]

Theres no finish on the Brazilian cedar lining as I thought this hindered its humidity absorption properties.
The plans for finishing the outside have somewhat changed since I last posted them, the new plane is to have a very light colored veneer stain it a color ( blue most likely) and then polish it up to a nice shine.
I really wish I could work on it now, but as it is at school i can't.