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This is the latest humidor I have built. Finished it maybe 2 weeks ago. Its built from Eastern black walnut, walnut burl and lined with silod spanish cedar.

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Looks great! Nice job!

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Excellent Work!!

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It is driving me crazy, I saw these pictures posted elsewhere under a different user name. I know it wasn't here, as this is your only post. Do you frequent other cigar boards with a different user name? I know I am not mistaken because the furniture around the humidor (which is beautiful, by the way) is VERY distinctive. :)

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Very nice

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Very nice and very interesting piece of furniture, well done my friend!

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That is a beautiful humidor. Nice work.

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Nice work......you should post in the new member thread and tell us a lil about yourself

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I think I know exactly who it was and it wasn't the OP.

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That's very nice :tu. I wish I could build something like that.

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This is true. katchemak2 and I have collaborated to come up with this humidor. It truly is a beautiful piece, with incredible craftsmanship. Look for new creations coming this winter.

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Well that's a load off my mind :)

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:tu
Thanks for chiming in, Matt. Some of us were concerned.

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Awesome idea! I was considering converting some kind of table/cabinit into a humi... now I have some motivation :)

aj

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hey Matt. hope posting these pics did not cause any confusion for anyone. I know how respected Matt is in the cigar world. I was just very anxious to hear any feed back or suggestions you guys had.

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Great humidor. I've never really thought about converting some other cabinet into a humidor.

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That is a beautiful piece.

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Confusion only,no harm no foul :D

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This is a very nice piece of furniture you two have created. I really like it.

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Great job.

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nice work. how was the tear out with the black walnut?

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Tear out ? not sure exactly what you are referring to.

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Common woodworking term (at least around here)

Tear out - broken or torn fibers resulting from damage as the blade of a tool exits the cut.

Generally speaking, keep very sharp tools with these kinds of woods to minimize the damage.

Chas

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I am definately farmiliar with the term in the woodworking sense. Black walnut tends to tear out less than other wood like maple or cherry especially if there is curl or figure in the wood. I own and operate a fine furniture and architectural woodworking shop so we have the tooling to deal with tear out in any and all species, though the right order and process in machining and fabrication is still critical.

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Chasden judt saw your vino trays pretty cool

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Looks great, I was curious as to how you obtained the finish, I built myself a black walnut/zebrano humidor about a year ago and the finish isn't what I was hoping for, just wanted to know how you did it.

Thanks,

Tom

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well there is obviously no finish on the interior spanish cedar. The exterior black walnut is first coated with a tung oil or linseed oil based finish such as waterlox or watco danish oil which is applied and then wiped off and allowed to dry for 24 hours. After that I sprayed a conversion varnish, 1 primer coat and then 2 finish coats not exceeding 4-6 mils of finish thickness, which is what the manufacturer recomends. In between each coat I scuff sand with a minimum of 400 grit sand paper. I have been using this finish and methodology for the last 12 years on a variety of architectural and furniture projects and although it has evolved the basics are pretty much the same. hope this helps