Thread: Stave Vessels?

Originally Posted by rsser

Cedar is usual around cigars .. Spanish or Syrian, can't recall which.

yep , found a Cuban cedar ,
beautiful figure too

Originally Posted by rsser

How'd you do this Joe? ie. go from a screen representation to real dimensions?



Cedar is usual around cigars .. Spanish or Syrian, can't recall which.

It's Spanish Cedar that is used for cigar humidors.

Michael stated that that is a 12" ruler laying there next to the wood. I just estimated the slat widths to arrive at a 6" diameter and 12+" height. Don't need no stinkin' pixels.

No pixels for me either. I just held an engineers' scale against the screen to measure 5" for the wood and 3.35" for the ruler. 12"/3.35" = 3.58; x 5" = 17.9"; / 3.1416 = 5.7"

A metric version would be 129mm and 84mm (on screen). So, 305/84 = 3.63; x 129 = 468mm; / 3.1416 = 149mm (~5.87" - close enough).

The length of the sticks is much longer than needed for cigars, so there's plenty for the top and bottom.

Joe

It seems that Spanish Cedar , is not actually a cedar , nor is it from Spain

The Tree: Cedrela Fissilis Family


This from Wiki , which may account for it's use ;

Spanish-cedar wood can repel tobacco beetles. These pinhead-sized beetles can ruin entire stocks of cigars. They eat the tobacco and lay eggs, causing further infestation. They can also be discouraged by ensuring the humidor does not get hotter than 20°C (68°F).<SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-0>[1]</SUP> The beetle eggs usually only hatch at around 25°C (77°F), although there are also instances where they will hatch at cooler temperatures if the humidity is too high.

Hmm, interesting.

And apparently good cigars are like good wine: ageing improves them.