Hello again everybody.... I have been working on a design for a chess board/humidor combination. After visiting several Cigar Shoppes, I see that a chess board is always around...... So, I thought.... why not combine one in to a humidor. The picture is a computerized draft that I put drew up - which is pretty close to the what I had going on in the old noggin.... That decorative trim on the side drove me nuts trying to figure out how to make that look good. I haven't drawn the drawers yet.... but, I need to before I start cutting the wood.... It helps to see what is going to work and what is not... I plan on sealing the inside with Spanish Cedar and each chess player will have a drawer full of cigars. Any thoughts from ya'all on whether it should hold a lot, or just a handful of neatly displayed stogies......??? The drawers will measure about....17" x 9" deep x 3-1/2" high (inside dims)... And, there will be two of them... (one for each player)... Overall dims are 24" x 24" x 6 3/4" So.... this is just the beginning. I'm guessing it'll take me at least a month or a month and a half to do this one.... I'll post progress pictures as I go... Fun stuff!

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www.waxingmoonwood.com

Hey wax. That is nice.. The idea for drawers on each side at different levels of course is great, I believe a fifty count for each side should suffice.

Actually, they won't have to be on different levels.... 9" is plenty deep..... they'll meet pretty close to the middle...

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Given that the cigars will be stored in the chess board, one would imagine that the cigars would be there for the players to smoke while they played...with that in mind, I think a 25-50 count drawer should be plenty.

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"Beliefs are neat. Cherish them, but don't share them like they're the truth" Bill Hicks

I think this is a great idea, I would love to see someone put something like this together.

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Ron

Wow, this looks cool. Can't wait to see the pics.

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"If life was fair, ELVIS would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead." Johnny Carson

This Humidor chess setup is pretty cool...

I'd like to have a Axis and Allies humidor... Now that may be geeky, but sure would be GREAT!

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Who Farted?

I wish I had a few hundred laying around because I really like your work and would jump all over this.

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Lasabar:

This Humidor chess setup is pretty cool...

I'd like to have a Axis and Allies humidor... Now that may be geeky, but sure would be GREAT!

That's a great way to spend a couple (read 8-12) hours doing nothing important. That's a great game!

Rob

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Rob

When in doubt; logic shall prevail.

Don't forget a drawer to store the pieces.... the board can be done with veneer.

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Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (and Explosives!) should be a convenience store - not a government agency.

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Don't forget a drawer to store the pieces.... the board can be done with veneer.

I'm hoping that whoever get's this would want a separate box for the chess pieces.... And.... No veneer on my boxes.... :) I finished drawing it out tonight..... Here's a picture of the drawers....

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www.waxingmoonwood.com

I would love to comment on this, but I don't think my humble words could best describe the mastery which you have attained. Well done!

Not to burst your bubble wax, this is a great idea and an even better design. However, my B&M sells one of these. The top opens like a traditional humidor and the board is magnetic so you can open it up while playing and the pieces stay in place. You may want to incorporate that idea.Not to burst your bubble wax, this is a great idea and an even better design. However, my B&M sells one of these. The top opens like a traditional humidor and the board is magnetic so you can open it up while playing and the pieces stay in place. You may want to incorporate that idea.

Thought about that.... but, don't want to do it that way. Then you have to make sure you have magnetic chess pieces. Don't want to get pinned down to that. And.... my bubble's been burst for a long time..... nothin' left to burst.

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www.waxingmoonwood.com

I definitely like the plan that you have for this wax. The only thing that I would like if it was mine is to lift off the top and have storage for the pieces but you a;ready said that you didn't want to do a drawer for pieces so I doubt that you would want to do that either. I just wanted to put in my 2 cents.

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Ron