Veneers

[Research-Colin]

Does anyone have much expertise/experience with woodworking? I think there are a few folks who do. I am thinking about building another big wall humidor and was wondering if a veneer would do the trick of blocking the influence of the wood and other outside elements from my cigars? I am thinking about using a spanish cedar or honduran mahogany on the inside which are good for humidors. I'm just wondering if I put it on top of something cheap like pine - if the veneer will be a good barrier.

Any thoughts?

[King Leonidas]

I would say yes! All of the construction on the cheap humidors are built that way,the key here is the seal.As long as you can build the joints tight enough dovetail,mortise etc.you could venner it with just about anything you wanted to.As far as spanish cedar goes thats mearly for smell & tastefull aging purposes & for its ability to retain moisture well (but a humidor will flourish just fine with out it example:coolerdor).Hope this helped its just my 2 :twocents:

[Research-Colin]

Thanks your highness. Does anyone have any experience with this? (subtle bump)

[Webmeister]

I'm not an expert woodworker, but did look into building my own humidor at one time. I understood that the purpose of using cedar inside the humidor was for its natural resistance to insects and ability to hold and regulate humidity. The thicker the cedar, the more stable it would be in regulating that humidity. All of the material I've read suggests a thick slab is not necessary. IIRC the recommendation was 3/8", but someone feel free to correct me. I believe Discdog said he used mahogany panelling on the walls of his walk-in and used spanish cedar for the shelves.

[jitzy]

try pming minister of the humidor

[Walt]

Does anyone have much expertise/experience with woodworking? I think there are a few folks who do. I am thinking about building another big wall humidor and was wondering if a veneer would do the trick of blocking the influence of the wood and other outside elements from my cigars? I am thinking about using a spanish cedar or honduran mahogany on the inside which are good for humidors. I'm just wondering if I put it on top of something cheap like pine - if the veneer will be a good barrier.

Any thoughts?

Colin,
The veneer should be just fine. I would suggest getting a pre-veneered panel (a sheet of plywood that has already been laid up) if you can. Unless you have access to a vacuum press, I wouldn't suggest veering yourself. I've used contact cement with success in the past but it is very easy to get bubbles.

You should be able to purchase sheets of Mahogany Plywood but I think the Spanish Cedar would be a special order (at least it would be here in the US).

[Minister of the humidor]

Does anyone have much expertise/experience with woodworking? I think there are a few folks who do. I am thinking about building another big wall humidor and was wondering if a veneer would do the trick of blocking the influence of the wood and other outside elements from my cigars? I am thinking about using a spanish cedar or honduran mahogany on the inside which are good for humidors. I'm just wondering if I put it on top of something cheap like pine - if the veneer will be a good barrier.

Any thoughts?

In a humidor you want your Spanish Cedar to be thicker than A veneer. It needs to sustain moisture as well. If anything, make it from solid Spanish Cedar and veneer the outside with what ever you like in woods. For veneers check out www.veneersupplies.com. The guys name is Joe. If you search his site it has enough information about veneering to get a college education. Depending on how much you want to invest, Vacuum bagging for veneers it definitely the way to go. Let me know if I can be of any more help.

To buy Spanish Cedar in 4/4 (3/4") solid stock, contact Wood Workers Source. They are in just about every big town in the USA or google them. Spanish Cedar runs about 4 or 5 bucks a board foot (length x width divided by 144 = BF) Beware of linear foot prices. It's usually a rip off.

Here's a piece of Spanish Cedar burl I just found. Very rare to find AAA rated burl like this.