A Humidor is Born - "V"

[Ed Sallee]

I just took this one off the bench this morning..... Now, the wife & I are going around to show it off to a handful of local cigar shoppes and have lunch somewhere...

It's going to be a fun afternoon.

Overall Dims: 20" x 12.5" x 8.75"
Inside Capacity: 0.80 cubic Foot

Construction: Bird's Eye Maple, Morado (Bolivian Rosewood), Spanish Cedar & Turquoise & Brass Inlays.
Brusso Lid stays & hinges.

If you're interested, I blogged the build here on the creek. You can see it at this link....

Project Start Date: 07/29/09 - Finished Date: 08/15/09

This is going to be a fun day!

Thanks for all your help on this one!

[Craig T. Smith]

Ed, Looks wonderfull!!! Like the turqoiuse and brass. Have fun. Craig

[Jay Jolliffe]

Nice work as always....

[John Czaplicki]

Fantastic piece, and thanks for taking the time to document the build.

Question about how you did the turquoise....did you insert the brass, fill with turquoise, then cut the lid (cutting through the brass)? If so, how did you cut it....band saw?

[Ed Sallee]

Question about how you did the turquoise....did you insert the brass, fill with turquoise, then cut the lid (cutting through the brass)? If so, how did you cut it....band saw?

Yes...that's exactly what I did. I used a 60 tooth freud saw blade on my table saw. I did some research about cutting brass with a table saw and everything pointed that it would be fine - since brass is a soft, non-ferrous metal.

I will say that the saw cut right through it, without a hitch. Other than the stress factor going on in my brain......

[John Thompson]

Nice looking end result and finish, Ed. Enjoy the afternoon in the city with that young lady of yours...

[David Christopher]

Ed, thats a beautiful humidor, only thing missing is cigars...great work, looking forward to following the next project

[Ed Sallee]

How 'bout these?

[John Keeton]

Ed, been away from the computer for a few days while at the WIA conference - this one turned out very well!! And the pics at the store are a neat finale - 'cept for some rough lookin' character behind that nice shiny new humidor!!??