Well after various thing got in the way, I'm finally back on track with the humidor build. One thing that side tracked me and REALLY frustrated me is setting up my planer knives, I was just setting them by hand, and I knew that was not the best method, I should really use a jig, so I finally ordered the jig in the manual, they are two of these little doodas that have magnets in them etc, I went through a lot of bull feathers with the guys at the home center until I could make them understand what I wanted, several phone calls to the Makita guys and they figured it out. I stressed that I needed two of the doodads, the guy told me not to worry, two come as a set, so you only order one.....
A week later I get a phone call, yep, my parts are in, I head out to get them, and they have only one......
.... bad words were said....
Then it turns out that it is not even the correct thing I need :-X The jig thing I got, is for the disposable knives, I have the standard knives..... sigh.....
OK so I ordered one of those.
OK I got the face frame done on the bottom cabinet.....
It is rather chunky, but the top part of the display humidor will have tall glass doors, so I want them to hold together, and thicker is better, I think.
Next up I sliced up part of the Spanish Cedar board I got to line the whole cabinet.
I started with these......
.... and after Big Blue went through them like a hot knife through butter I ended up with these......
I'm sure glad I have my resaw bandsaw on occasions like this, Big Blue Rocks!!
I jointed one face and one edge, then I ran them all through the thickness planer, to get two flat parallel sides, I'd slice off one piece from each board, then run them all through the planer again, slice, planer, slice.... till done. The I used a sled and ran the back sides of each through the thickness planer too, so both sides are flat and smooth. This wood sure works well! Took them down to about 5mm or 3/16"
I'll line the whole inside of the cabinet with the Spanish Cedar panels.
just to give you an idea, yes I'll have to redrill my shelf holes, but that is fine as I drilled WAY too many the first time.....
Next up I have to work on the doors, this will be the first time to use the new cutter set that is supposed to work well for glass doors, we shall see!
Cheers!