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Alt wood to line a chest with...

MX

MX

Quietly getting back into the cigar culture.....
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I am looking at converting a chest that my wife bought at hobby lobby into a humi. I have read on here somewhere that there are many different woods that will work, but that are not Spanish Cedar. I am looking for something I can purchase at Home Depot, Lowe's, Builders Squar...etc.....you get it right, my local wood store.

I will no doubt be slapped for not being able to search it out on my own, but I came up with no answers.

Thanks

Tim
 
I can't speak from personal experience but I have read that luan works great and is cheap. Luan is the 4' x 8' sheets of sub flooring material and the top layer is mahogany which has similar principals to spanish cedar.

I think I am convinced.
 
Both mahogany and Spanish cedar are worthy liner material. How about a woodcraft if you have one in town, they stock SS.
 
I lined my cabinet with luan and it's worked great so far. WAY cheaper than spanish cedar and in my experience, just a effective.
 
Where would one find Luan? Only "wood" store 'round these parts is my chainsaw, axe, and...the woods. :D

Home Depot and the like carry it?
 
Spanish Cedar is actually Mahogany not Cedar, so Luan should have many of the same properties and should work perfectly.

Dave
 
From Wikipedia:

Cedrela odorata is a very important timber tree, producing a lightweight fragrant wood with very good resistance to termites and other wood-boring insects, and also rot-resistant outdoors. The wood is often sold under the name "Spanish-cedar" (like many trade names, confusing as it is neither Spanish nor a cedar), and is the traditional wood used for making cigar boxes, as well as being used for general outdoor and construction work, panelling and veneer wood. Note that it is now CITES -listed. It is also grown as an ornamental tree, and has become naturalised in some areas in Africa, southeast Asia and Hawaii. The other species have similar wood, but are less-used due to scarcity.
 
SouthsideCigar said:
From Wikipedia:

Cedrela odorata is a very important timber tree, producing a lightweight fragrant wood with very good resistance to termites and other wood-boring insects, and also rot-resistant outdoors. The wood is often sold under the name "Spanish-cedar" (like many trade names, confusing as it is neither Spanish nor a cedar), and is the traditional wood used for making cigar boxes, as well as being used for general outdoor and construction work, panelling and veneer wood. Note that it is now CITES -listed. It is also grown as an ornamental tree, and has become naturalised in some areas in Africa, southeast Asia and Hawaii. The other species have similar wood, but are less-used due to scarcity.
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Interesting.....I hadn't hear anything like this before. Obviously the info is from a trusted source, but does anyone else care to add to this?
 
SouthsideCigar said:
Should have realized Wiklipedia is taken with a grain of salt :), it was the first site I found.

Here is another link

USDA Classification

"Family Meliaceae -- Mahogany family"

Dave
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We share the same family with apes, orangutans, and chimpanzees; hominidae. That doesen't make us interchangeable.......usually :laugh: :whistling:

Billy
 
i have purchased spanish cedar from an internet lumber co...wasn't that expensive and arrived pretty quick. have heard of luan being used, you just won't get the aroma of the spanish cedar.
 
Cool, we are both right!!!

It is always fun arguing, but who really cares anyway, lets just smoke some cigars :)

Dave
 
Thin cut Spanish Cedar is always available on E-bay. I've lined a couple of coolers and built some trays from these purchases.
 
I think I am going to go with the Luan plywood, I have only been able to find it in 1/4 inch sheets, but I have only looked in one place.

Thanks for all the help

Tim
 
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