Gents, I can no longer deny it: I am obsessed with all iterations of tobacco. E-cigs, Cigars, Pipes... I can no longer call myself a dabbler. This leaves me with a conundrum- where the heck am I going to put all this stuff?! M'love is a vehement anti-tobacco crusader, but she tolerates my enjoyment if she doesn't have to see it or the paraphernalia. My collection of cigars, pipe tobacco, and the like is quickly outgrowing the dresser drawer I have been stashing it in. To that end, I concocted a plan, with which I could use some of your sage advice:
In addition to being a tobacco fiend, I am also a semi-professional woodworker and tinkerer. Most of my furniture is self-made (if not elegant
), and I own hardly anything that has not been "modified" in my basement workshop of horrors. Knives, rifles, car parts, bicycles... I like to tinker! Well, I have a large leather-bound steamer trunk that has so far eluded my experiments. I just couldn't think of anything to do with it... Until now. A humidor, the likes of which I can be proud! It already has a nice air-tight seal and locking lid. The walls are thin, but it smells inside of cedar. I could install a rack system, a hygrometer, perhaps even a hermetic "dry chamber" for E-Juice and... Wait a second. I don't know the first thing about humidors
. To that end, I have the following questions:
1-From reading the BL Essentials Sticky, I'm seeing I will need Spanish Cedar planks to line it with. Is this the same as the red cedar I see at home improvement stores? If not, will red or white cedar work, provided it is untreated and unvarnished? I would think that tongue-and-groove cedar planks would make it very easy to line it adequately.
2- To those more experienced students of the leaf, would it be advisable to store my pipe tobacco with the cigars? I'm not too worried about flavor osmosis, since all of my cigars and pipe tobaccos are flavored in some way or another.
3- Humidification- What do you recommend? Gel, Electric, or a sponge with distilled water and PEG? I would be especially interested in a short-term jerry-rigged solution, since my collection of cigars has exceeded the amount I could smoke in a year, and I am worried about them drying out before the project is complete.
4-Hygrometer placement- Is it preferable to just rest it in with the cigars, or would it be as effective affixed to an interior wall of the humidor, so as to be out of the way?
Any and all advice is appreciated. Many thanks!
In addition to being a tobacco fiend, I am also a semi-professional woodworker and tinkerer. Most of my furniture is self-made (if not elegant
), and I own hardly anything that has not been "modified" in my basement workshop of horrors. Knives, rifles, car parts, bicycles... I like to tinker! Well, I have a large leather-bound steamer trunk that has so far eluded my experiments. I just couldn't think of anything to do with it... Until now. A humidor, the likes of which I can be proud! It already has a nice air-tight seal and locking lid. The walls are thin, but it smells inside of cedar. I could install a rack system, a hygrometer, perhaps even a hermetic "dry chamber" for E-Juice and... Wait a second. I don't know the first thing about humidors. To that end, I have the following questions:1-From reading the BL Essentials Sticky, I'm seeing I will need Spanish Cedar planks to line it with. Is this the same as the red cedar I see at home improvement stores? If not, will red or white cedar work, provided it is untreated and unvarnished? I would think that tongue-and-groove cedar planks would make it very easy to line it adequately.
2- To those more experienced students of the leaf, would it be advisable to store my pipe tobacco with the cigars? I'm not too worried about flavor osmosis, since all of my cigars and pipe tobaccos are flavored in some way or another.
3- Humidification- What do you recommend? Gel, Electric, or a sponge with distilled water and PEG? I would be especially interested in a short-term jerry-rigged solution, since my collection of cigars has exceeded the amount I could smoke in a year, and I am worried about them drying out before the project is complete.
4-Hygrometer placement- Is it preferable to just rest it in with the cigars, or would it be as effective affixed to an interior wall of the humidor, so as to be out of the way?
Any and all advice is appreciated. Many thanks!
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