Humidor Cabinet Questoin

This is just a wild thought, but it sounds like you are looking for pretty much the same properties as the way a refrigerator door seals. A quick Google search will return lots of hits for magnetic refrigerator gaskets.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Just some thoughts from a long-time cigar smoker, and what I learned from people who sell cigars and humidors.
-humidity-all good humidors are lined with Spanish cedar, which absorbs and releases humidity, keeping the interior about 70 percent humid-build yours with a Spanish Cedar liner
-there’s no way of building an almost airtight seal to keep humidity in the humidor. Instead, install a humidistat guage, and humidifying element in the humidor and check the humidity once a week in the summer, and twice a week in the winter if you live in the north like I do
-If you’re absolutely hooked on sealing a humidor to keep humidity in you might consider what I’ve done for the last 15yrs-bought rubbermaid bread savers, put my cigars in them with a small glass bowl and moistened piece of paper towel! works better than any humidor I’ve had-and costs a fraction of what you’re going to pay for the wood. Doesn’t look as pretty, but none of my friends and neighbors care when I offer them a fine smoke-LOL!

Hope this helps. Enjoy your smokes.

-- Gerry

Ok, it’s been several years since you originally posted. What did you finally use for door seals? And, is it working pretty well for you even now?

-- Richard, Austin TX - "Every repair job is really just an upgrade oppty in disguise!"

Here is a great humidor project posted by Warren, the OP of this thread.
http://lumberjocks.com/projects/184866

From scanning some his posting activity on LJs, I think he seems to have made a good number of humidors.
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-- Jim, Houston, TX