One of the fun projects is crafting and engraving a wooden cigar box, particularly if you’re thinking about gifting it your friend who likes to smoke cigars. For men who love cigars, a crafted cigar box is a royal and popular gift. Along these lines, making it on your own or purchasing a customized cigar box for your loved one’s a special experience. However, one’s required to have some essential carpentry learning to create something like this.
With that said, here’s a few thoughts on how to handcraft them:
Materials
Actually, most of the cigar boxes are made up of cedar wood as it’s considered the apt material. Moreover, this particular wood maintains the right humidity level which’s perfect for storing the cigars. Additionally, cedar is likewise known for its wonderful fragrance. The exterior of the wooden box is made with hardwood, while cedar wood is used to line the interior of the cigar box. Hardwoods comprised of redwood, mahogany, oak, walnut and spruce woods are the best for creating this.
Assembling
Using a miter attachment and table saw, cut the hardwood, according to specific estimations. Next step is to use the router to smoothen the cut pieces and rout the corner joint. Assemble the whole box by applying wood adhesive onto the connecting sides of the corner joint, and alter the sides together and let them dry for a day or so. While the other method’s to nail the sides together with little nails or staples.
Wood Finish
A perfect cigar box is the one which has the right finishing look by sanding the three sides of the box. To be more specific corners, the top and the sides of the box has to be sanded using 370-grit and 120 grit sand paper. You need to do this, until it offers a perfect look. Further to that, if you need an antique look and feel, then hand buff the box using a rag or apply varnish on it. Or one can use the brush for stain application as this offer a more royal look.
And there you have it. You can also checkout YouTube videos for how these boxes are made and crafted as well.