Bro, you need to hook up with the cabinet maker. From what I've heard he can do wonders in the wood industries. Just a thought. But love the design....taking orders? haha
Here is a discussion that was going on a few months back about figuring humidor capacity. Your results may differ due to the tray format, but according to a formula contained therein (LxHxD/9) the estimated capacity would be somewhere around: 864.
Looking at this reminds me of something...I need a new humidor too! lol. Think Cabinetmaker can gimme an estimate on a 150 to 200 count humidor with a divider or two and a small lock and key? Last one I got was horrendously damaged (and not from shipping, either. Looked like bad handiwork, even though advertisement looked beautiful and flawless).
I would love to learn how to do wood working. It just seems very therapeutic. Very nice design by the way, are you going to use glass in the front door?
I hadn't considered glass, one reason is a single pain of glass will allow to much transfer of heat and humidity...
if the glass is sealed at the edges with some sort of polymer sealant then you should be fine. heat isnt an issue unless the place you are planning on having this humidor is in the sun or if your house swings 20+ degrees a day.
Usually when I mix glass into a woodworking project the seal isn't necessary, so I would possibly consider it. Wood will expand and contract through the natural cycle, and I think moreso with the added humidity that I will be adding to it. When I have used glass in the past, I have created kind of a buffer zone around it, to prevent the wood from expanding and shattering the glass. I think the manufacturers that sell glass top humidors can get around this because they are using engineered wood that is less susceptible to this expansion and contraction, and then covering it with a veneer. My plans are to use solid wood... first, I don't have any experience with veneer, and second I'm not sure I would trust the veneer glues available to me to withstand the high humidity.
I would love to learn how to do wood working. It just seems very therapeutic. Very nice design by the way, are you going to use glass in the front door?
I took couple of woodworking classes and its addicting and relaxing, look at your local wood store for bussines cards of instructors. It was pretty cheap and very informative and fun. Sorry,didnt mean to hijack the thread!
I'm not sure yet what the exterior will be... I usually will walk through a lumberyard till I find something that jumps out at me. My favorites are Walnut and highly figured Maple, so most likely something like that.
ill tell ya what that does look sexy. i would definetly love to have that set up. again i would have put a glass front on it just to have my sticks staring at me all day lol. but to each is his own. it looks good though honestly . great work sir.
thanks for the compliments, with my limited storage capability limiting me to basically 9-10 sticks max. I will most likely put together a small coolidor when I get moved to give me a chance to get this thing put together, and still be able to take advantage of the sweet deals I have been seeing here on Ccom.
You should allow for power to the inside incase you want to install an electronic humkidifier. You should also have an external Hygrometer/Thermometer so you don't have to to open it to check RH% and Temp. My $.03
Per your animation, I would also add a door of some sort over the bottom open cabinet space - that's a wide open space to be dumping humidity every time you open the main door...
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