Humidor in the making

Rolling your own cigars from Wenge?

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Ahhhh…..the key to all puzzles is the work in process pic that slipped in…

-- ICN, Bill, (http://www.beavercreekfitness.com)

well now.. isn’t this interesting.
where does the kitchen sink fit?? :)
I hope you will share more pix of this

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Nice humidor and great pictures of the process. I’ve thought of making one of these for my wife’s boss, but realized that there is more to it than making a nice box. I look forward to your updates.

-- Jesus is Lord!

Wow! – but coming from you, my friend, I’m not surprised, just impressed.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hilsbiblechurch.org/

Thanks All. – Although the final work will be recognized as another accomplished boxmaker, I’m working from something I saw, and took his ideas and am making this humidor. It’d be easier if I had measured drawings, but as it is, this one is moving along with a scratch on the head here, story recording here and there, a couple of ooops, and hopefully something useful, artistic and nice looking when I’m done.

The next pic on this one will be the completed project.

Thanks again.

-- ICN, Bill, (http://www.beavercreekfitness.com)

OK, Here’s a few more pics of the work in process. Lot’s left to do on the lid /lever mechanisim. And lots of sanding. (I hate that step)

-- ICN, Bill, (http://www.beavercreekfitness.com)

On the top of the box I’ve got to add a little platform matbe 3×4 inches with some artistic design that will take it off of the surface of the lid about 3 inches high. This will hold a little cradle and cylinder bored out with a 1/4 inch hole to accept a piston attached to the lever arm.

So to open the bugger, you’ll need to push the lever which will disenage from the maple pin you see in the third photo. Then you can lift the lid (provided you unlocked the lock that I mortised in as you can see in the third photo.

-- ICN, Bill, (http://www.beavercreekfitness.com)

that is one incredible box!!! how do you keep the moisture out of something like this? and that lock mechanism is truly amazing, i love the complexity of it. great work.

-- "Who but a fool would discard seeminly useless parts? To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent engineering" -- Aldo Leopold

Thanks. The inside is lined with Spansih Cedar and detailed so that when the lid shuts there’s a tight seal.

-- ICN, Bill, (http://www.beavercreekfitness.com)

Neat box. I like the detail that your providing with the posts.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

ok … now wheres the finished product ?

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

Keep us updated on the locking mechanisim. I build puzzles and love to see different locking mechanisims.

-- -- Remember, a chip on the shoulder is a sure sign of a woodturner.