China Cabinet Conversion into Humidor (work in progress)
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JerseyStepUp
ChestBeater
wow i'm very impressed.. i see things like this for sale at garage sales all the time... to bad im not really that skillful of a woodworker (at all)
replicant_argent
2X Secret Probation.Bitch
Looks awesome Matt!! Can't wait to see it in person someday!
I'm feeling generous, so I'm going to leave that alone.
Ha, thanks
Looking good!
I may have missed it, but are you planning to cut ventilation slots in the shelves? If not, you will have humidity stratifiction even with active humidification. Even with slots you may still encounter this problem unless you have design air chambers to each level.
I may have missed it, but are you planning to cut ventilation slots in the shelves? If not, you will have humidity stratifiction even with active humidification. Even with slots you may still encounter this problem unless you have design air chambers to each level.
I have active fans rather than slots in the shelves... I like the design I came up with, I think it should work alright... I will post another post once I get some LED's and some Fans in place... the finishing touches are always the hardest part to get accomplished... but I really wanna use this thing so hopefully it will be done soon!
ronhoffman2
your mom's box
Looking prety good so far. keep up the good work.
It's looking great. I would like to do a project like that myself one of these days. I can't wait to see it finished and stocked. Whatever you do, keep posting those progress pics.
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I would like to add this for those planning to do a project like this in the future. I have read that Spanish Cedar produces a very fine carcinogenic dust when cut and sanded. It would best to take all necessary safety precautions when using it. I think you would have to be around a lot of it (not sure), but just in case I think a mask, gloves, and proper ventilation would be advisable. Just my :2.
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I would like to add this for those planning to do a project like this in the future. I have read that Spanish Cedar produces a very fine carcinogenic dust when cut and sanded. It would best to take all necessary safety precautions when using it. I think you would have to be around a lot of it (not sure), but just in case I think a mask, gloves, and proper ventilation would be advisable. Just my :2.
UPDATE:
So... I finally added the fans to the shelves, I am not doing slits as I will just keep the fans on at all times on a low setting to make sure there is proper ventilation. Also I will not be tilting the shelves.... I may tilt a tray with some super premiums in it, but not all the boxes for storage ext. as it would decrease the amount of space. I have come up with my plan for my electronics in the humidor and this is how it is going to go...
I will have two circuits. One will be running my LED lighting system, and the others will be for humidity control... This is my description of both:
System 1: I have 3 pressure switches in my possession that will be added to the tops of the doors so when any door opens all of the lights in the humi will turn on. Not only this, but I will have a 4th 'master' switch in parallel as well that will be able to leave the lights on when the doors are closed. I will be running many white LED's throughout the shelving, hence why I made the little 1" overhang on the fronts. I am probably going to use a potentiometer (Essentially a dial) inside the case to control the brightness of the LEDs.
System 2: Get ready to cream.... I have been thinking this through for a while and I am getting close to my final concept, and am starting to program this soon (this weekend maybe). This system will be controlled by a PIC micro controller and will give me temperature, humidity, and control the fans.
Fan / Humidity system: I am going to make my own active humidification system. I will set a box of distilled water, or propylene glycol solution in the bottom shelf of the cabinet with fans on either side, so when the humidity sensor on the top of the case sees that it is getting to dry, it turns on the fans to this box, and all of the fans in the case to 'high'. This will cause the fans blowing across the top of the water or solution in the box to pick up humidity forcing it throughout the case. When the humidity sensor gets to its ideal point, it turns the box fans off, and the 6 in the case to a low setting.
One may be asking 'what is the ideal setting and how is it chosen?' I am going to have another potentiometer or dial, to set an ideal humidity, which will be displayed in a green 2 digit 7 segment display on the top of the middle door, the actual humidity will be displayed in blue right next to it. Finally I will be displaying the temperature in a set of red 7 segment LEDs as well.
When all said and done I will have an automated system for controlling the humidity that I set, it will tell me the temp, and have a kick ass lighting system.
Any questions?
So... I finally added the fans to the shelves, I am not doing slits as I will just keep the fans on at all times on a low setting to make sure there is proper ventilation. Also I will not be tilting the shelves.... I may tilt a tray with some super premiums in it, but not all the boxes for storage ext. as it would decrease the amount of space. I have come up with my plan for my electronics in the humidor and this is how it is going to go...
I will have two circuits. One will be running my LED lighting system, and the others will be for humidity control... This is my description of both:
System 1: I have 3 pressure switches in my possession that will be added to the tops of the doors so when any door opens all of the lights in the humi will turn on. Not only this, but I will have a 4th 'master' switch in parallel as well that will be able to leave the lights on when the doors are closed. I will be running many white LED's throughout the shelving, hence why I made the little 1" overhang on the fronts. I am probably going to use a potentiometer (Essentially a dial) inside the case to control the brightness of the LEDs.
System 2: Get ready to cream.... I have been thinking this through for a while and I am getting close to my final concept, and am starting to program this soon (this weekend maybe). This system will be controlled by a PIC micro controller and will give me temperature, humidity, and control the fans.
Fan / Humidity system: I am going to make my own active humidification system. I will set a box of distilled water, or propylene glycol solution in the bottom shelf of the cabinet with fans on either side, so when the humidity sensor on the top of the case sees that it is getting to dry, it turns on the fans to this box, and all of the fans in the case to 'high'. This will cause the fans blowing across the top of the water or solution in the box to pick up humidity forcing it throughout the case. When the humidity sensor gets to its ideal point, it turns the box fans off, and the 6 in the case to a low setting.
One may be asking 'what is the ideal setting and how is it chosen?' I am going to have another potentiometer or dial, to set an ideal humidity, which will be displayed in a green 2 digit 7 segment display on the top of the middle door, the actual humidity will be displayed in blue right next to it. Finally I will be displaying the temperature in a set of red 7 segment LEDs as well.
When all said and done I will have an automated system for controlling the humidity that I set, it will tell me the temp, and have a kick ass lighting system.
Any questions?
Jay Hemingway
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