Well here it is... My liga wineador.
An emergency eye surgery a few weeks ago has granted me a little bit of free time, so I was in search of a project. I started the wineador project after searching around BOTL for another option (other than a humidor) for storing my sticks. I remembered that I had received a wine cooler as a wedding gift a few years back. We weren't using the wine cooler because my wife and I are wine nuts and decided to buy a Vinotemp 160 bottle instead.
I started by lining the whole inside with 1/4 pieces of SC that I was able to pick up from the local wood shop. Unfortunately, he only had boards that were 5" wide, but I was determined to make it work so I went ahead with it. After lining the inside, I purchased a few trays online. I cut bottom pieces to attach to the bottom of the tray, which would allow them to slide into the slots where the old wire trays use to side. Once all that was done I took a step back and looked at my Mona Lisa. It was functional. Exactly what I had set out to accomplish. However, it just didn't look interesting. So I decided I was going to make my own drawer fronts. I thought about ordering from Forrest because his work is amazing, but decided that I might as well try it on my own. In the end I decided to do something unique. I got ahold of a couple LP Flying Pig boxes that were empty on ebay for 15 bucks a piece (only ended up needed one). From there I built the fronts out of the old boxes. I used the front of the box to make the fronts for the bottom drawers and then the back for the top drawer. I used the "locking mechanism" off the boxes as pull tabs. I realize they are off center, but I tried to keep them off the LP logo for whatever reason.
Overall I am extremely happy with the way it turned out. Let me say that with the right tools, this job would have been a lot easier/cleaner. I have only been a home owner for a couple years and don't exactly consider myself the "handyman" type of guy. I have the basic tools but nothing that falls under the category of woodworking tools. I completing the job using mainly a box cutter to cut, file, sand paper, measuring tap, level, 2 clamps and some wood glue. So as you can see, I made it extremely hard on myself. It took me about a full week or working on it a few hours everyday.
I seasoned the wineador over the last week with 84 Boveda packs. Then I took them out and added my humidity beads. Once it got to about 70 RH I put some cigars and a couple boxes, that my wife bought me over the weekend, inside. The RH dropped to about 64 and has been sitting there since. Should I add more water to the beads? Let it balance itself out over the next couple days? What do you guys think?
Anyways, here are the pics. Hope you guys like it!!
An emergency eye surgery a few weeks ago has granted me a little bit of free time, so I was in search of a project. I started the wineador project after searching around BOTL for another option (other than a humidor) for storing my sticks. I remembered that I had received a wine cooler as a wedding gift a few years back. We weren't using the wine cooler because my wife and I are wine nuts and decided to buy a Vinotemp 160 bottle instead.
I started by lining the whole inside with 1/4 pieces of SC that I was able to pick up from the local wood shop. Unfortunately, he only had boards that were 5" wide, but I was determined to make it work so I went ahead with it. After lining the inside, I purchased a few trays online. I cut bottom pieces to attach to the bottom of the tray, which would allow them to slide into the slots where the old wire trays use to side. Once all that was done I took a step back and looked at my Mona Lisa. It was functional. Exactly what I had set out to accomplish. However, it just didn't look interesting. So I decided I was going to make my own drawer fronts. I thought about ordering from Forrest because his work is amazing, but decided that I might as well try it on my own. In the end I decided to do something unique. I got ahold of a couple LP Flying Pig boxes that were empty on ebay for 15 bucks a piece (only ended up needed one). From there I built the fronts out of the old boxes. I used the front of the box to make the fronts for the bottom drawers and then the back for the top drawer. I used the "locking mechanism" off the boxes as pull tabs. I realize they are off center, but I tried to keep them off the LP logo for whatever reason.
Overall I am extremely happy with the way it turned out. Let me say that with the right tools, this job would have been a lot easier/cleaner. I have only been a home owner for a couple years and don't exactly consider myself the "handyman" type of guy. I have the basic tools but nothing that falls under the category of woodworking tools. I completing the job using mainly a box cutter to cut, file, sand paper, measuring tap, level, 2 clamps and some wood glue. So as you can see, I made it extremely hard on myself. It took me about a full week or working on it a few hours everyday.
I seasoned the wineador over the last week with 84 Boveda packs. Then I took them out and added my humidity beads. Once it got to about 70 RH I put some cigars and a couple boxes, that my wife bought me over the weekend, inside. The RH dropped to about 64 and has been sitting there since. Should I add more water to the beads? Let it balance itself out over the next couple days? What do you guys think?
Anyways, here are the pics. Hope you guys like it!!
