butzla
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I just finished a humidor I made for a gift.
It's made with solid cherry with cherry splines. Bird's eye maple top with a walnut accent where top meets bottom. Spanish cedar for the interior. The walnut was an afterthought. I'd use walnut for the splines if I could do it over. It's a much better contrast.
I used many coats of Minwax wipe-on poly for the finish. Wet sanding by hand in between coats using mineral spirits and 600 grit paper.
The Festools I used was RO150, ETS150 and ETS125 sanders. CXS drill for the hinges. Really happy with the CXS. Those are very small brass screws and in the past have always hand torqued them. I bet I've had those screws in and out a million times during the lengthy fitting process. With the CXS I had great precision and control, I never stripped or snapped a screw. It's a treat to use.
EDIT, almost forgot. I used the OF1400 router to rout the hinge mortises. I used to rout this freehand then finish the outline with a chisel. I use Brusso hinges and this time I bought the Brusso hinge template and had MUCH better results. I only wish I bought 2 templates so I could rout them together. Instead I had to unclamp and reposition the jig. Next time.
Notice the longer churchill cigars do not fit width-wise. My original plan was to make it around an inch wider. I thought I'd try something different and use my TS75 with MFT to cut the mitered corners. I never could get the saw to cut accurate miters. I attribute that to the extra weight of the TS75. It tends to tip when beveled. So I kept whittling down the width with subsequent attempts until finally I went back in my comfort zone and cut them on my table saw. It was a frustrating experience. It was a bit of a bummer to find the longer cigars did not fit after I had completely finished it.
I also recently bought and put to good use Tico Vogt's "Superchute 2.0" shooting board. It came in handy in shooting the spanish cedar miters and for beveling the cedar appliance that holds the hygrometer.
I welcome all comments, positive and negative.
It's made with solid cherry with cherry splines. Bird's eye maple top with a walnut accent where top meets bottom. Spanish cedar for the interior. The walnut was an afterthought. I'd use walnut for the splines if I could do it over. It's a much better contrast.
I used many coats of Minwax wipe-on poly for the finish. Wet sanding by hand in between coats using mineral spirits and 600 grit paper.
The Festools I used was RO150, ETS150 and ETS125 sanders. CXS drill for the hinges. Really happy with the CXS. Those are very small brass screws and in the past have always hand torqued them. I bet I've had those screws in and out a million times during the lengthy fitting process. With the CXS I had great precision and control, I never stripped or snapped a screw. It's a treat to use.
EDIT, almost forgot. I used the OF1400 router to rout the hinge mortises. I used to rout this freehand then finish the outline with a chisel. I use Brusso hinges and this time I bought the Brusso hinge template and had MUCH better results. I only wish I bought 2 templates so I could rout them together. Instead I had to unclamp and reposition the jig. Next time.
Notice the longer churchill cigars do not fit width-wise. My original plan was to make it around an inch wider. I thought I'd try something different and use my TS75 with MFT to cut the mitered corners. I never could get the saw to cut accurate miters. I attribute that to the extra weight of the TS75. It tends to tip when beveled. So I kept whittling down the width with subsequent attempts until finally I went back in my comfort zone and cut them on my table saw. It was a frustrating experience. It was a bit of a bummer to find the longer cigars did not fit after I had completely finished it.
I also recently bought and put to good use Tico Vogt's "Superchute 2.0" shooting board. It came in handy in shooting the spanish cedar miters and for beveling the cedar appliance that holds the hygrometer.
I welcome all comments, positive and negative.







