JoeGibs
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A while back I made a post calling you assholes, which I stand by, for being such a bad influence on me. I had been intending on building a large desktop humidor out of solid walnut. Then one day I walked into my guest bedroom and looked at my grandpa's gun case and had the lightbulb click on in my head that the gun case would be an excellent retrofit into a humidor.
Now, since this was my grandpa's gun case, and it holds a sentimental value, I spent a good bit of time planning how to build this without doing any damage so it could some day be taken apart and again be grandpa's gun case. All the pieces being installed are being secured with hot glue and notched legs to support everything from underneath the bottom shelf.
After moving the bolt actions down to the big boy safe, the inside got a good scrubbing with soap and water, and then wiped clean with rubbing alcohol. All the seams were sealed up with a food grade silicone. As per SmellySell's recommendation, I looked into what "luan" was, and found my local menards had the correct stuff. All surfaces were covered, and my supervisor Teddy was here to ensure things were being done to his standards.
Using some scraps of oak blocks, I attached the shelving mounts to the two side pieces and the back piece. Had to be careful shooting nails through the really soft 1/8" luan into solid oak. Small dabs of glue were used to ensure the pieces bonded.
In an effort to keep the hole as small as possible running electrical in, I bought an extension cord and cut one end off and ran it through a small hole. Helps knowing which wire is what when they're not color coded
Wired it up to a outlet with a "handy box" and put a cover over it just to be safe. Testing the electrical over night, leaving the led light strip and the fans running to monitor temperature change. Slight increase in temperature with the full length of led at full brightness. Something to monitor.
Test fitting all of the shelving boards into place. All the pieces lined up almost perfectly. Impressive considering I was shit faced when I was measuring and mounting all of the oak pieces. Also installed a 3/4" strip along the back of the oak pieces to hide the led strip.
Once everything was test fit, I went ahead and applied hot glue to the back and held them in place while the glue cooled. I then put the notched legs into place and secured with more hot glue.
When I had been planning on my walnut humidor, I purchased these sheets of spanish cedar from a guy on facebook marketplace. Turns out they're the perfect size to use as the shelving pieces, just had to cut out the 3/4" notch to fit around the led strip piece.
Now I just need to get it conditioned, move my stock from my temporary tupperware, and keep adding to it!
Now, since this was my grandpa's gun case, and it holds a sentimental value, I spent a good bit of time planning how to build this without doing any damage so it could some day be taken apart and again be grandpa's gun case. All the pieces being installed are being secured with hot glue and notched legs to support everything from underneath the bottom shelf.
After moving the bolt actions down to the big boy safe, the inside got a good scrubbing with soap and water, and then wiped clean with rubbing alcohol. All the seams were sealed up with a food grade silicone. As per SmellySell's recommendation, I looked into what "luan" was, and found my local menards had the correct stuff. All surfaces were covered, and my supervisor Teddy was here to ensure things were being done to his standards.
Using some scraps of oak blocks, I attached the shelving mounts to the two side pieces and the back piece. Had to be careful shooting nails through the really soft 1/8" luan into solid oak. Small dabs of glue were used to ensure the pieces bonded.
In an effort to keep the hole as small as possible running electrical in, I bought an extension cord and cut one end off and ran it through a small hole. Helps knowing which wire is what when they're not color coded
Wired it up to a outlet with a "handy box" and put a cover over it just to be safe. Testing the electrical over night, leaving the led light strip and the fans running to monitor temperature change. Slight increase in temperature with the full length of led at full brightness. Something to monitor.Test fitting all of the shelving boards into place. All the pieces lined up almost perfectly. Impressive considering I was shit faced when I was measuring and mounting all of the oak pieces. Also installed a 3/4" strip along the back of the oak pieces to hide the led strip.
Once everything was test fit, I went ahead and applied hot glue to the back and held them in place while the glue cooled. I then put the notched legs into place and secured with more hot glue.
When I had been planning on my walnut humidor, I purchased these sheets of spanish cedar from a guy on facebook marketplace. Turns out they're the perfect size to use as the shelving pieces, just had to cut out the 3/4" notch to fit around the led strip piece.
Now I just need to get it conditioned, move my stock from my temporary tupperware, and keep adding to it!
