Slight off topic: Storing my collection: Traditional of course

That looks great, Alan! He did a great job making four trays out of two.

I recommend being careful with the felt if you're planning to use colored felt. The dye can stain bolsters over time. I used green felt for a couple years and found out the hard way. Not sure what the white material is that you have in there now but white is good.:thumbup:
 
Railsplitter said:
That looks great, Alan! He did a great job making four trays out of two.

I recommend being careful with the felt if you're planning to use colored felt. The dye can stain bolsters over time. I used green felt for a couple years and found out the hard way. Not sure what the white material is that you have in there now but white is good.:thumbup:
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Thanks Rick: Yes, he split those original trays right down the middle horizontally on a table saw and then routed in a rabbit for the new bottoms. Great work.

I will take your advice and go with white. That material is actually luan plywood he made the new bottoms out of.
 
swaybacksteve said:
That's real nice Alan. Lots more room in there too.;):thumbup:
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Lots of room. I reckon I could get 75-80 knives in there as long as they aren't too long. The two moderns in the second tray are about to be sold. (to raise funds for more traditional of course)
 
Railsplitter said:
That looks great, Alan! He did a great job making four trays out of two.

I recommend being careful with the felt if you're planning to use colored felt. The dye can stain bolsters over time. I used green felt for a couple years and found out the hard way. Not sure what the white material is that you have in there now but white is good.:thumbup:
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:eek: I did not know this! I'll be sure to line the drawers in my case with wax paper to prevent this. Thank you!
 
Very cool Alan! Being able to lock it is a brilliant plus. How goes the smell issue? If the charcoal doesn't work, maybe some throw away silica dessicant sachets(the ones they put in everything nowadays) might work. Excellent job by the woodworker. You could stain and finish the lauan plywood as well. Certainly you can by thin yet padded white foam at crafts stores too. Very nice!
Thanks, Neal
 
Your re-purpose project of the humidor is turning out just great Alan . I really like that you can lock it to keep the little folks out of it .
Well done my friend . Thanks for the pictures.

Harry
 
Wurrwulf said:
:eek: I did not know this! I'll be sure to line the drawers in my case with wax paper to prevent this. Thank you!
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You're welcome, Shawn but I probably should clarify that in my experience with the green felt, the stains polished off with Semichrome and some moderate elbow grease. No permanent damage to the bolsters but polishing the pile side bolsters on 60+ knives was a bit of a chore and could have been avoided had I known.

I've been using white felt for probably 6 or 7 years now and no problems.
 
neal70 said:
Very cool Alan! Being able to lock it is a brilliant plus. How goes the smell issue? If the charcoal doesn't work, maybe some throw away silica dessicant sachets(the ones they put in everything nowadays) might work. Excellent job by the woodworker. You could stain and finish the lauan plywood as well. Certainly you can by thin yet padded white foam at crafts stores too. Very nice!
Thanks, Neal
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Thanks Neal. The cigar smell is still there, but maybe not as bad/good depending on your POV. I have small desiccants, I use for my camera bags. Will try those and the charcoal. I guess if it works it will be gone for good?

The luan ply will be covered with white felt, so I think I might just coat it with clear poly?

I agree. I think the guy I had do this came up with several good ways to make this work and save material and money. I can't mention what this cost but it was ridiculously cheap. Made another friend with the cabinet maker John Fawcett along the way.

Just really a good experience.
 
Georgecatl said:
It turned out great:thumbup: Very nice setup
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Peregrin said:
That's really nice, Alan!
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Old Engineer said:
Your re-purpose project of the humidor is turning out just great Alan . I really like that you can lock it to keep the little folks out of it .
Well done my friend . Thanks for the pictures.

Harry
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Thanks my friend. I am quite happy with how it turned out. Once Mrs. Shearer helps me line it with white cotton/terry per Railsplitters recommendation, I will post another shot!
 
Railsplitter said:
You're welcome, Shawn but I probably should clarify that in my experience with the green felt, the stains polished off with Semichrome and some moderate elbow grease. No permanent damage to the bolsters but polishing the pile side bolsters on 60+ knives was a bit of a chore and could have been avoided had I known.

I've been using white felt for probably 6 or 7 years now and no problems.
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I'm going with white cotton terry cloth. Easy, lays down better and no chance of any leaching. Thanks Railsplitter.
 
That was nicely....and quickly done!! I like how you re-purposed that box....one of my favorite things to do.....

AShearer said:
Those of you who saw my original post about re-purposing my old humidor to store my traditional knives.

I took it to a local woodworker and had him cut the original two trays into four trays and put solid bottoms in them.

Here are a couple shots of the original and the almost finished product. I say almost because I am going to line the trays with felt.

Thanks guys for your ideas and input. This is going to make a great display and storage for my growing traditional collection.

Original:

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top tray

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second tray

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Based on my rough calculations of your box dimensions, I'd be curious if he didn't use a band saw rather than a table saw.......don't see a table saw blade being large enough to cover.....but I could be wrong. I like the routed rabbit to recess the bottom.....very nice touch.

AShearer said:
Thanks Rick: Yes, he split those original trays right down the middle horizontally on a table saw and then routed in a rabbit for the new bottoms. Great work.

I will take your advice and go with white. That material is actually luan plywood he made the new bottoms out of.
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AF1928 said:
That was nicely....and quickly done!! I like how you re-purposed that box....one of my favorite things to do.....
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Yes it was. I kept it simple and used everything that was already in the box except the new bottoms. It was nicely done.

AF1928 said:
Based on my rough calculations of your box dimensions, I'd be curious if he didn't use a band saw rather than a table saw.......don't see a table saw blade being large enough to cover.....but I could be wrong. I like the routed rabbit to recess the bottom.....very nice touch.
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Not absolutely certain. He has a 14" Delta bandsaw but it seems like it would take a pretty elaborate fence to keep the piece straight? I don't know. I think he cut the tray four sides on the table saw. I'm still trying to figure out how he routed those bottoms in? :confused: It's a very skinny spot.

Also, he made two additional little grab handles for the second set of trays. Match really well with the originals.
 
Here is the beautiful new cherry wood display case that I just picked up last weekend at the St. Louis knife show, where I met Railsplitter Rick T. and his wife Renee. I have 6-7 of these cases now, in cherry, oak, walnut, and they work well to show the knives with little to no wear. Shown here are my whole family of GEC #74 pattern knives.

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