Thread: What are you working on?

Cigar boxes are wicked organization tools. They are also super easy to recover and put dividers in. Unfortunately the cost of mailing them to me would be ridiculous.

Michael's crafts has some decent wood boxes that could be set up easily. They have strip wood, and balsa etc. I like.the cigar "motiff" better. But it could work.

Indeed, I have bought those from Hobby Lobby, Michaels, and JoAnn's. Sometimes just for the hinges and latch!

I tend to like cigar boxes. The designs and logos, often cool construction... AND can be had for dirt cheap at cigar shops.
If decked out on the inside like a luxury apartment for razors..

Originally Posted by RezDog

Cigar boxes are wicked organization tools. They are also super easy to recover and put dividers in. Unfortunately the cost of mailing them to me would be ridiculous.

I wonder if you broke down cigar boxes how many of them would fit inside another one.

Yes that seems the only way to do it economically.
The cost of cigar boxes at cigar shops (often a large stack of empty ones) is less than postage for each box.

I used this cigar box for years as my primary razor storage: with 2 trays of 10, it holds all but the largest razors. Now that I've installed my razor cabinet, I'm saving it for overflow, odds and uglies, whatever I don't have room for in the cabinet.


It's not as fancy as some of your custom-made velvet-lined boxes, and certainly not secure enough for transport, but it serves the purpose.

Nice dividers in that cigar box Aaron. Tom, i know what ya mean on the wood boxes from the craft stores. A set of hinges and a latch cost more than those cheap pine boxes. And some of them are detailed. I have a couple of those pine boxes. Just to hold little things. The price is hard to beat.

As far as cigar boxes, i used to be a pipe smoker. And my wife would make the trip to the shop with me just to buy a new box. I think the top of the coat closet is full of them still.

Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

I used this cigar box for years as my primary razor storage: with 2 trays of 10, it holds all but the largest razors. Now that I've installed my razor cabinet, I'm saving it for overflow, odds and uglies, whatever I don't have room for in the cabinet.


It's not as fancy as some of your custom-made velvet-lined boxes, and certainly not secure enough for transport, but it serves the purpose.

That is exactly what I wanted to do! How did you get the dividers in place without a mess?

I like balsa for some projects, maybe the dividers would be easy with that?
At the craft store you can buy it in many sizes. A sheet, trace out the right size, and cut with a razor knife. Then wood glue, maybe follow with a little finish?
Balsa is really easy to work with, no serious tools needed.
Just an idea. There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Are we allowed to say that anymore?