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I assume the chest is not lined with spanish cedar, I think if you lined it with spanish cedar it would be a good humi as long as you can get a good seal. You could definitely hold a ton of sticks in it!! Depending on your climate, an area that big would definittely benefit from an electronic humidification unit!

Not all cedar is the same, here's some info... The a.s.c (ALT.SMOKERS.CIGARS) resident expert on this topic seems to be humidor maker Daniel Morris DeRight. He responded to queries on a.s.c as well as on rec.woodworking.


"Spanish Cedar and American Aromatic Red Cedar have little in common except their appearance. Spanish cedar (Cedrela odorata) is a very mild wood with good absorption characteristics and is used to line humidors. Aromatic cedar (juniperus virginiana) is a pungent wood with varying absorption rates and is quite brittle, though workable if carefully treated.
"Spanish cedar also has little connection to Spain. Spanish cedar is grown in over a dozen countries world wide, much as English walnut is grown primarily in France and Turkey. Cuban, Brazilian, Topical American and others are all names for Spanish cedar.

"Honduran mahogany is similar to cedar in appearance and absorption, but by no means the same wood. It is used for the better cigar boxes, but most boxes are made of luann and the like."

Out here in the Texas hill country we have PLENTY of what we call Cedar trees. They are really just giant Texas sized weeds that choke out all of the native trees because they rob what water there is from the soil. So far, after of 22 years of dealing with them here on my rancho, they seem to be good for only three things but I just can't remember what they are at the moment...I've been drinking some Lone Star scotch this afternoon so look out for "old fat fingers" today and don't expect any valuable or useful information from him! LOL joe

Thanx Cwil. It was an idea,I guess not a good one. Also thanx for all the info.