At long last, the Humidor is done (lots of pics)

[Stephen Edwards]

How do you get the darker piece of wood on the dovetails between the drawer fronts and the drawer sides? Beautiful work!

[Bill Wyko]

I hate to say this but this is my first real Humidor. Built a couple dozen boxes though.

[Jon Crowley]

Absolutely SICK! I love it! Great work!

Question - Do you have to make many changes from a typical box/cabinet design due to the humidity? I'd think having ~70% inside and low outside would be the ultimate stress test of wood movement. Say for something like the paneled side, is that one set of rail/stiles with a sandwiched spanish cedar and figured maple panel?

[Bruce Page]

That belongs in FWW. Well done, well done!

I second that!
Strikingly beautiful!

[John Lucas]

I give you mucho kudos for the whole job...wonderful...and a special pat on the back for doing the double dovetails on the drawers.

[Cliff Rohrabacher]

Ohh you can feel the love that went into that one.

[Pat Zabrocki]

Holy smokes.... literally!!!

thats just awesome!
Pat

[Bill Wyko]

Absolutely SICK! I love it! Great work!

Question - Do you have to make many changes from a typical box/cabinet design due to the humidity? I'd think having ~70% inside and low outside would be the ultimate stress test of wood movement. Say for something like the paneled side, is that one set of rail/stiles with a sandwiched spanish cedar and figured maple panel?

When I built this piece, I used dowell pins and biscuits.(I didn't have my Domino yet.) When I put the Cedar in it, I left room for movement in ways you can't see. I hope it holds together. We'll know soon. My BIL is ordering Cigars today. BTW this was a major hit at the show.

[Bill Wyko]

Eric Got it up to 68% humidity and it seems to be holding strong. I'll put up some pics when it's full of cigars.

[Danny Thompson]

Absolutely beautiful. Inspiring.

[Craig Thompson]

Truly great.....

Thanks for the inspiration....

[Don Bullock]

Bill, I've seen some inspirational pieces here on Sawmill Creek and your humidor now ranks up with the very best I've seen. Thanks for sharing your work with us.

[Lee Koepke]

Thanks everyone. I guess I should explain why Eric is so deserving. Every weekend Belinda (My SIL) for about 10 years, has made fantastic meals for the 4 of us (I got the sister that doesn't like to cook) and Eric has always supplied the Cigars and booze to enjoy around the fire. He never asked for payment or acted as though I owed him. We have had fantastic conversations every time and never run out of things to talk about. It's great to have a friend that is so different than you and yet can have so much in common to talk about. Woodworking is our commonality, we talk about building stuff for hours. We talk plenty about you guys' work all the time too. You are all very talented and are a great inspiration. As far as Belinda goes, she wasn't left out, if some of you rember, she got a segmented turning I did about a year ago. When it comes down to it, one or two great friends are all you need to be happy. To Eric, Merry Christmish.
Thanks again everyone you're a great bunch. BTW check out the staved turning I did yesterday in the turners section if you like.

The story behind it is as good as the piece of work.

That is amazing project. Thank you for sharing.

[Jim Becker]

Beautiful work, Bill!

[Bill Wyko]

How do you get the darker piece of wood on the dovetails between the drawer fronts and the drawer sides? Beautiful work!

That is done with the INCRA JIG router fence system. It comes with guide strips that align your cuts. I do it a little differently than they say in the instructions. I feel I get slightly better results but it requires a drum sander. You can see more of my work on their site www.incra.com in their gallery.