From one "prick" to another, I personally wouldn't bother building one as IMO, it's not worth the time considering how inexpensive humidors are these days.
How are you set for woodworking tools? You probably have more motivation that I did when I started my project but I have a fairly complete woodworking shop at my house including a Powermatic table saw, a planer, a jointer, a radial arm saw, various power hand tools including a couple of routers, sanders, etc. and a dovetail jig. I would not recommend trying to build one unless you have a shop or some decent tools at your disposal.
As far a jointery, I'd use dovetails or a box joints. I started making a glass top humi out of black walnut a few years ago but never finished itI had intended on lining it with Spanish Cedar as your article suggests. I've been subscribing to Fine Woodworking for almost 20 years now and I think I started my project when that issue (#127) first came out a few years back.
I'd highly recommend that you consider a coolerdor with some beads and plenty of wooden cigar boxes to store your cigars in which will accomplish three things:
1. Provide a nice storage system for your cigars
2. Keep the humidity fairly constant inside the cooler
3. Give you the nice "aroma" that Spanish Cedar provides
If you REALLY want a nice looking small humi on your desk or coffee table for show, just buy one on eBay or from BargainHumidors for far less than it would cost you to build one.
Trust me, if you're anything like most of us, you'll be running out of room in your humi as soon as you finish it
With coolerdors, if you run out of room, you just go buy another one!!! I'm up to three so far.
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