Mitch
BOM 2/09-Keeper BOTtLe
Built a cabinet humidor, thought Id share some pics.
I can't figure out how to get the pics up here in with the text, but they should show up in order so the descriptions still match
I used an existing piece of bedroom furniture, so its an exact match for the room. I found a thermoelectric cooling unit off eBay very cheap. It was designed to cool electronics and was way too loud until I added a rheostat to the exterior fan to slow it down and is OK now, still has plenty of cooling capacity if I ever need it. First picture is from back showing where humidor will go.
I started by removing the thin back and adding a frame that would hold the tight sealing doors in the front. The existing doors are worthless for getting a good seal, so I decided to build a second set of doors inside the outer ones. Second picture is from back showing new frame that sits behind existing doors and Ive started to insulate the top with foam.
All sides, top, bottom and doors got ¾ inch foam, thick plastic for a moisture barrier, thin ply and then I glued ¼ inch Spanish Cedar as a liner. Picture below shows plastic laid over foam insulation with thin ply ready to get nailed down. I used some standard cedar to build the frame and such, but Spanish cear covers all of it up.
Next picure is the thermoelectric unit I got and the housing I built for it. Picture is of the front of the unit that circulates air inside the humidor, a second fan in the back will blow hot air from the unit outside the humidor.
Next picture shows back of humidor with cooling unit installed.
Next picture from the front showing new tight sealing door built to match frame and support wood attached to original door that it will get attached too.
New doors are glued to existing doors.
Finished cabinet, it seals very tight, steady temperature and humidity. It has a shelf that you can barely see the bottom of in this picture, shelf has enough height and width for about six boxes up there. Shown with a few hundred sticks in cedar trays in the bottom, I think it will hold in the 400-600 large cigars max. No cigarillo's in this calculation! You can see the cooling unit far bottom right with an oasis humidifier in front of it.
Cooling unit, about $100 bucks shipped,
Foam, plastic, basic lumber about $60 bucks,
Spanish Cedar about $170 bucks,
No more nightmares about bettles... priceless!
The unwanted visitors got 9 very choice sticks from me. I know I was lucky, I can even smoke those, but never want to go through that again.
I can't figure out how to get the pics up here in with the text, but they should show up in order so the descriptions still match
I used an existing piece of bedroom furniture, so its an exact match for the room. I found a thermoelectric cooling unit off eBay very cheap. It was designed to cool electronics and was way too loud until I added a rheostat to the exterior fan to slow it down and is OK now, still has plenty of cooling capacity if I ever need it. First picture is from back showing where humidor will go.
I started by removing the thin back and adding a frame that would hold the tight sealing doors in the front. The existing doors are worthless for getting a good seal, so I decided to build a second set of doors inside the outer ones. Second picture is from back showing new frame that sits behind existing doors and Ive started to insulate the top with foam.
All sides, top, bottom and doors got ¾ inch foam, thick plastic for a moisture barrier, thin ply and then I glued ¼ inch Spanish Cedar as a liner. Picture below shows plastic laid over foam insulation with thin ply ready to get nailed down. I used some standard cedar to build the frame and such, but Spanish cear covers all of it up.
Next picure is the thermoelectric unit I got and the housing I built for it. Picture is of the front of the unit that circulates air inside the humidor, a second fan in the back will blow hot air from the unit outside the humidor.
Next picture shows back of humidor with cooling unit installed.
Next picture from the front showing new tight sealing door built to match frame and support wood attached to original door that it will get attached too.
New doors are glued to existing doors.
Finished cabinet, it seals very tight, steady temperature and humidity. It has a shelf that you can barely see the bottom of in this picture, shelf has enough height and width for about six boxes up there. Shown with a few hundred sticks in cedar trays in the bottom, I think it will hold in the 400-600 large cigars max. No cigarillo's in this calculation! You can see the cooling unit far bottom right with an oasis humidifier in front of it.
Cooling unit, about $100 bucks shipped,
Foam, plastic, basic lumber about $60 bucks,
Spanish Cedar about $170 bucks,
No more nightmares about bettles... priceless!
The unwanted visitors got 9 very choice sticks from me. I know I was lucky, I can even smoke those, but never want to go through that again.
