BarryNY Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 6 hours ago, Hurltim said: You could try dry ice in water to test your airflow. That's what I am planning to do on my big humidor build. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk Brilliant Tim!
Popular Post BuzzArd Posted January 16, 2017 Author Popular Post Posted January 16, 2017 Have been out of town for the last week and a half and have been unable to make any progress on the conversion. Today, however, I did find a nice old hygrometer for this unit. 6
soutso Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 Great thread. Thanks for sharing, it gives me joy to see such things.
iannai169 Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 Nice find! The old German instruments are great.
BuzzArd Posted January 22, 2017 Author Posted January 22, 2017 Some progress today. Blower plenum is complete. Just need to cut the cord of of one of my wife's appliances when she is not looking to wire it up. The porcelain door lining was loose as if doors had been slammed too hard, so I decided to pull thrm apart, see what insulation was used, and then put it back together tight and right. Some kind of straw-like material with heavy felt material and a black plastic looking liner at the outside of this "sandwich". None of this stuff is going back in except the porcelain. I've actually toyed with the idea of ditching that and nailing on a Spanish cedar panel in it's place. Might do that later, but the insulation has to go:. It smells musty. Planning to pop the back of the cab and pull out the inslulation at the back and sides as well. At least, that's the plan.... Porcelain cleaned and dirt and old caulking scraped away, re-nailed in place.
BuzzArd Posted February 27, 2017 Author Posted February 27, 2017 Humidor has been on hold the past few weeks while I figured out what was up with my aging Accord..... Priority to keep that on the road. But last week I pulled off the top and the bead board back to see if I could remove the interior. Negative. This thing is built like a brick sh_t house and weighs as much. So after pulling the old insulation out I'm ready to add a plastic barrier and reinstall the top and back. Today I managed to sand the rough surface of the galvanized ice containment box. The dust has a rather musty odor to it as I suspected, so after a thorough sanding and wiping down this will get a clear satin lacquer coating. I'll also caulk seal the top of the box which is not leaded like the lower seams are to help keep in humidity. The porcelain surfaces will simply be cleaned with Bar Keeper's Friend and the interior will be complete as far as I'm taking it. The door liners are going to be removed. I'll be adding Spanish cedar layers in their place. I do need to get some modeler's clay and check the clearance of the door trim to door stops and see how thick The cedar sheet I'll be getting needs to be. Might utilize some 1/4" sheets elsewhere as well. As soon as I know the clearance I'll head to the lumber yard and get the cedar cut. 2
PigFish Posted February 27, 2017 Posted February 27, 2017 Nice to see you are getting your priorities straight once more! -Piggy 1
BuzzArd Posted March 14, 2017 Author Posted March 14, 2017 Some progress this weekend and today. All the metal has been sanded clean of goop, and it's been lacquered as well. The grate is all cleaned and lacquered. Ran the ribbon cable for the humidification this morning. It runs across the ceiling, down the front divider and out the drain hole, and the grate is well clear of it. I may rethink my electrical routing; if I can keep the wall warts outside it may help reduce internal heat. Might just plumb the circulation fan inside and run wires for everything else to the ouside and underneath the cabinet....
Thomasdenaro Posted March 14, 2017 Posted March 14, 2017 Wonderful thread BuzzArd. Great to see the progress shots. The fact you are restoring something and giving it a new use it awesome!
BuzzArd Posted April 29, 2017 Author Posted April 29, 2017 Cedar sourced and panels glued for door lining today. I'll be removing the porcelain currently in place (store it in the attic, likely) and cutting 1/4" thick Spanish cedar replacements. I'll need to pick up some more cedar to line the metal box, or at least part of it. Also, I think I'll be rewiring as well. In retrospect it would be really convenient to have the receptacles under the unit accessible with the kick panel rather than putting a receptacle inside the cabinet. The wiring for the fan and LEDs will fit nicely through the delrin plug I made for the drain hole.
havanaclub Posted April 29, 2017 Posted April 29, 2017 Great work sirSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1
GWG Posted April 29, 2017 Posted April 29, 2017 I did a similar project with a 4 door unit and was quite challenging as the unit was only held together with the metal inserts so when they went so did the structure. I had not intended on re- engineering it. Beautiful humidor when finished. You wI'll be happy.
Hurltim Posted April 30, 2017 Posted April 30, 2017 Haha! You finally found the 1/4"!!! Where did you get it?I took another look at the Aristocrat humidors and it looks to me like the large interior surfaces are veneer. It makes sense: Gluing up large panels of solid wood is time consuming and a tad difficult. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk 1
BuzzArd Posted April 30, 2017 Author Posted April 30, 2017 @Hurltim, I had a wood source with a mill cut down some 4/4 for me. Got two sheets of 1/4" sized 7.5-8" wide and 78" long. Panels finished yesterday were plenty wide for door lining and some interior as well. Got started affixing them to the doors. I hit the edges of the panel backs with spray adhesive and stuck a 1/2mil sheet of plastic to the back of each hopefully to help keep mositure in. And the panels are fit to the actual door openings for the same reason. They hang over the door edge quite a bit but will allow a better seal. 1
GWG Posted April 30, 2017 Posted April 30, 2017 I did a similar project with a 4 door unit and was quite challenging as the unit was only held together with the metal inserts so when they went so did the structure. I had not intended on re- engineering it. Beautiful humidor when finished. You wI'll be happy.
Hurltim Posted April 30, 2017 Posted April 30, 2017 Excellent work sir!!!Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk 1
BuzzArd Posted April 30, 2017 Author Posted April 30, 2017 Okay.... Cab is finished save a little bit of cedar lining and some singles trays (another project, I'm sure). Top's on. Bead board's back in place. I'll finish wiring this week and get this thing in service asap. 2
GWG Posted April 30, 2017 Posted April 30, 2017 I did a similar project with a 4 door unit and was quite challenging as the unit was only held together with the metal inserts so when they went so did the structure. I had not intended on re- engineering it. Beautiful humidor when finished. You wI'll be happy. Sorry this posted twice
Popular Post BuzzArd Posted May 9, 2017 Author Popular Post Posted May 9, 2017 Okay, so this project is almost complete! Pretty jazzed about it too... Finished lining what I wanted to with cedar. Made door panels that were a rather snug fit for the door openings. The door panels made a huge difference in capacity as I can get boxes lying flat even out to the front of the shelf. Wouldn't have been possible with the original porcelain liners. Humidification began Sunday. Went right up to 70% no problem, and that's with v-flex seal only on the big door and the drain hole in the bottom not yet plugged. Left it there for two days and am now tweaking it to my prefered 62-ish%. Still have LED wires to run before capping that off with some kind of putty or clay to close the hole. That Le Veil humidification system does a great job, especially on such a small cabinet. I calculate roughly 10 cubic feet of space, but I did it without taking off my shoes, so there may be a larger than usual margin of error. Humidification swelled the door panels and they required a bit of sanding to close properly. Easy enough. There's roughly a 1/16 gap between the inner stops and the new panels. I ordered some open cell foam weather stripping to fill that gap, but I think it's negligible. Electrical change worked out well. Left more interior room. Plenty of outlets now...! Took all my boxes scattered around the office in ziplocks and popped them in this am. Right now there are 35 boxes in there with room for another 35-45 I'm guessing. Pulling the wire shelves would, of course, add capacity. I'll leave them for now. Seems apparent my initial goal of replacing my end table cabinet will not be realized. I have too many boxes..... I'm thinking dress boxes on the left, SLBs on the right and 50 cabs underneath for now. Forgive the sub standard (for me) photo. Still have a few things to do so the cab still remains in the middle of the room. 8
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