I made this sweet cigar box chest of drawers thing today...

[shilala]

"Thats so cool! Can you disclose more info on how you made it?How I made it..."
Table saw, clamps, lots of glue and my girlfriend coming up with ideas.
There are glides inside that hold the drawers up, they're also cut from the box material.
These are all Serie G Tubo boxes. I intended to use them for trays in my wine coolers but ended up stealing some to make this chest of drawers.
Ultimately it's going in one of my wine coolers.

That looks nice, how much you want for one?
One beelyun dollars.

Way cool! Is it pretty sturdy? How much to make one?
It cost about $500 to make, but I got to keep a lot of cigars.
I didn't intend to build it, and it was really made from scrap, so it just as easily cost nothing. The dessicant paper is about 15 bucks a sheet and I had to cut up two sheets but I have a bunch left from those two sheets.
It's very sturdy, but I wouldn't sit on it.

[pistolero]

What kind of box was big enough to make the sides out of?

[replicant_argent]

I've never heard of "dessicant paper"
I don't think you would want paper sucking the moisture out of the bottom side of the cigars.... Am I missing something??

Looks very cool, and a nice way to organize your smokes!!!

[No1der]

That's pretty slick. I like it.

Good job.

Cheers,
Rob

[Hank]

That awesome! Nice job.

[ForestPuma]

Very Cool! Are you going to stick it in the Humi?

[shilala]

Originally Posted by pistolero

What kind of box was big enough to make the sides out of?

None. The sides, top and back are made of two cigar box lids joined together. I ripped the edges so they were clean surfaces and smeared glue on the leading edges
I clamped them all together all at once in a pile. So the layers wouldn't glue together with squished out glue, I placed Saran Wrap between the layers.
I let them sit overnight and pulled them apart this morning.
After a bit of cleanup they were ready to be cut to size.

I didn't have anything to go on, so I built the sides first. I ripped 1/4" glides and glued them up the sides using spacers so they were perfectly spread.
I had to rip the back flange of the boxes about an 1/8" so the drawers would slide the way I wanted them to.

I then joined a side to the top and then a side to the bottom (after cutting down the boards to the right size).
Getting those two haves of the box together was tough. The glue was still soft but I needed it to be until I could get the back on.
The back is what kept the box from racking, making the whole thing nice and square.

If I had a little wood shop and a decent bench, this would have been easy. It was a bit challenging building it on the dining room floor.

[brigey]

Originally Posted by shilala

Here's a shot with the drawers open...

Man that is [SIZE=3]AWSOME[/SIZE]!

[shilala]

Originally Posted by replicant_argent

I've never heard of "dessicant paper"
I don't think you would want paper sucking the moisture out of the bottom side of the cigars.... Am I missing something??

Looks very cool, and a nice way to organize your smokes!!!

Dessicant paper is silica beads meshed between two sheets of spun polyester (kinda like tyvek).
It works just like humidity beads once it's been conditioned with distilled water.

[Oyin]

swwwwueet!

[shilala]

Originally Posted by Beachcougar

Very Cool! Are you going to stick it in the Humi?

Yes, I'm going to put it in one of my wine coolers.
I can't do anything right now cause it's an all day job and I have to leave in about a half hour.

[replicant_argent]

ahhh. Like a Humi-sheet?

[Bax]

Very cool, you like your Oliva's don't ya?

[Sames Reincarnated]

That is cool man

[shilala]

Originally Posted by Bax

Very cool, you like your Oliva's don't ya?

I'm not a huge Oliva fan, but I do like some of their smokes. The Special G's kick ass. I have some of their maduro's I'm looking forward to trying.
I do like their graphics and packaging and so forth. I think it looks very nice. Understated and stylish.
That's why I chose the Oliva boxes in the first place.
They sure did make for a sweet chest of drawers.