Let's see how you store your cigars.
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Not yet, but soon this going to be my new humidor. Just a little work left.
AWESOME.
I hope so, I am thinking of cover the inside with glass and try to make a airtight cover of glass. It should be nice to keep the wood top open. (A lot of ideas right now)
I upload some pics under the progress.
Wow, being from Minnesota, I knew right away that was probably of Swedish origin. If not Swedish, then from the country just to your west. I really like the rosmålning on the inside lid. On the front, is that carved or more painting. It’s hard to tel from the pic. Keep us informed as you progress. It’s a great way to repurpose that stand.Not yet, but soon this going to be my new humidor. Just a little work left.
From your pic, it looks like pinewood of some type. I’m curious as to how you might tighten it up so it can better hold humidity. Are you planning on building a tighter Spanish cedar lined wood box on the inside? Spanish cedar box, in a hardwood box, in the table’s box.
With the number of Swedes in Minnesota, I assume your winters are dry in Sweden as they are here. In the winter, a lot of people here have trouble keeping humidity at the low end target of 65% in wooded humidors. I was having trouble so decided to try 72% Boveda (using two 320 gram) packs. The current reading from my humidor is 67%. The highest reading since making this change was 70%. Probably in March or April, I’ll go down to using 69% packs for the rest if the year.
I should have read the other messages on the thread before commenting before. Instead of glass you might consider clear acrylic. You can work with it more easily than glass. Look at the Boveda humidor as examples on how build an acrylic humidor. I’m not sure too many people have developed building plans for either glass or acrylic humidors.I hope so, I am thinking of cover the inside with glass and try to make a airtight cover of glass. It should be nice to keep the wood top open. (A lot of ideas right now)
Hi, I think it is swedish and there are not much carving on the box, only on the legs. Pine are probably correct. My plan right now (it changing all the time)
is to cover the sides and the bottom with glass, and try to make a tight glass cover on top so I always can have the wooden lid open and just open the glass lid. I have just started with cigars in humidors (started smoking just after the summer 2017 when I harvested my first tobacco plants) but you are right about our dry winter.
Yes, acrylic are also in my plans. Easier to handle as you say. Sorry about my english, hope you understand my text.
Picked up my new to me humidor yesterday. It came with a cigar oasis excel. I need to get some hygrometers for it to verify what the oasis is claiming. Right now the humidity seems to be high. I'm sure it'll settle though. I also wanna add some LEDs to it too, the room it's in is a little dark.
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I picked it up from Craigslist. It is made by Waxing Moon Humidors.
http://www.waxingmoonhumidors.com/
Yes, there are two 60gram, the RH are 65 and they are working good.
Then you must have gotten it sealed up well. Good job. It looks like you could begin a cottage business converting antique storage cabinets and chests into humidors.
