Humidor

[JR]

Wll, not exactly finished. Another coat or two of poly before the recipient gets to keep it.

Bubinga humidor with maple trim. My first time bookmatching.




Here's the open view, as promised.

[Jim1]

Looks terrific!!!

[shoottx]

Very Cool

Wonderful color and detail!

[chopnhack]

JR, that is a polished show stopper. The recipient will be very satisfied!

[lrogers]

Beautiful, simply beautiful!

[RayintheUK]

That is amazing, John - well done!

Ray.

[cabinetman]

Nice work. The joinery really sets it off.
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[jhart]

Very nice. Really like that bubinga.

[ragswl4]

Very nicely done. Love the contrasting splines. Inside pictures??

[SARGE..g-47]

You did an excellent job with book-match and for that matter... the whole thing. I had to click on the picture to enlarge to get a good look at the match. Is there any possibility you can get a picture open as I am considering doing a small box which is not my forte soon. Any pictures helps a dummy as I.

Regards...

[JR]

Thanks for the nice comments, guys.

Inside pictures??

Is there any possibility you can get a picture open ...

Well, there lies the rub. I have built the inside, but not installed it yet. I'm trying to get the finish done first. The inside is made of 1/4" mahogony, which is slip-fit inside the box. The texts all suggest spanish cedar for this application, but there didn't seem to be any in my scrap bin.

Sarge, if you'd like a tip, and from one miter-challenged woodworker to another - get your miter act together before trying to make a box. I got hung up for a week trying to make my miter saw do the deed for me. Once I moved over the table saw things went much faster. I used the SMT on my BT3K, but a miter sled would be the prefered option.

I'll post the final pics in a day or two.

JR

[SARGE..g-47]

Thanks for the nice comments, guys.



Well, there lies the rub. I have built the inside, but not installed it yet. I'm trying to get the finish done first. The inside is made of 1/4" mahogony, which is slip-fit inside the box. The texts all suggest spanish cedar for this application, but there didn't seem to be any in my scrap bin.

Sarge, if you'd like a tip, and from one miter-challenged woodworker to another - get your miter act together before trying to make a box. I got hung up for a week trying to make my miter saw do the deed for me. Once I moved over the table saw things went much faster. I used the SMT on my BT3K, but a miter sled would be the prefered option.

I'll post the final pics in a day or two.

JR

I get pretty good miters on my SCMS for chest feet.. etc. since I had a discussion with several local trim carpenters I know about fence creep, JR. But... I intend to do some smaller projects as boxes this year inter-mingled with large carcass work I mainly do. I did some kitchen knife holders for Xmas gifts and enjoyed the small work a lot. And so did the recipients so...

But... I think I am going to agree with you and make a miter jig for the TS. I duplicated the Dubby taper jig with some of my modifications and it turned out to be the best and most accurate taper jig I have used in 37 years. I am curious to what a TS miter jig can do as I used an excellent hand saw miter saw box for years.. then miter saws and moved to SCMS's... So... a miter jig might be on the near horizon as perfect miters are elusive and any discrepiancy does show it's ugly head in end result.

Thanks for the suggestion which I was already considering but it helps firm up the final decision.

Regards...

[JR]

Bump

Added pic to the original post.

JR

[jussi]

Looks great JR.

[scmhogg]

JR,

That is drop dead gorgeous. What kind of meter and humidifier are you going to use?

I made a a cigar box for a friend out of a metal .50 Cal. amunition box. I lined it with Spanish Cedar and made two lift out trays, also of cedar.

I decided to prime and stabilize the box before I filled and delivered it. The cedar swelled slightly and locked the trays in place. I let it dry out and gave a light sanding to the parts. Then it worked fine.

Steve