My Newair Build from other site.

Pulled from the other site..So some ups and downs for my Wineador build. My Newair finally arrives today...yeah

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I turn it around to scope out the back to begin my build and find this...

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scale build up from drain hole, and what appears to be quite a bit of corrosion that was sanded and spray painted over. Probably not a big deal if I purchased a used unit. However, I bought a new unit, and would assume that someone did the same, used it and returned it for some issue. Either way, I was a tad upset and called Overstock.com where I bought it. The customer service rep however was very friendly, apologized and said he was sending another unit out today 2nd day air no charge before other unit is even picked up. So aggravated, but happy with service so far. Hopefully next one will really be new.

Since no mods to begin on wineador cabinet I decided to start the task of mounting my fan controller in a old humidor. To keep temps lower, Im using 12vdc fan controller to power the fans with controller powered by old computer tower power supply.

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Here at last....wooohooo..finally can start my build....yeah

So here is pics...and since most pics I have seen of peoples builds never really shown a clear image of what the backs of these look like, yep, you guessed it..rear end shots too.

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After doing the inside wash/wipe to remove plastic smell I started build with rerouting the condensate drain back into unit. Drilled a 1/4" hole and routered out to fit a 3/8" Jon Guest line. Wanted it to be tight from start and easier when sizing it by hand.

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Placed a drip tray from a 2 select capp machine in bottom to catch condensate
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Now to get control center started. Installed Temp Controller, an RH controller, and already had fan controller mounted, so mounted a fan in bottom to suck in cool air into box to keep controllers cool.
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Once wired up, drilled and mounted temp controller thermistor probe inside wineador a few inches from top.
Power for wineador is controlled by controller (obviously).

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Any break in power to wineador causes it to reset to lowest setting, the controller will kill power to unit if it drops below 64'F. And turn it back on once it climbs above.
This will at least buy me time till I get home to reset wineador to desired program temp.

At this time fan controller is only powering 1 fan (inside control center), and monitoring temp of control center as well.
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Based on closer inspection the thermistor of the wineador is not inside unit, I will inspect more later but based on temp reading it is in peltier set.
I placed two of my wireless hygrometers inside and top one is reading right on what my controller temp probe is reading 67.8'f.
The wineadors peltier is reading 65'f
Now I will let it run for night and check in morning to see if evens out.
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I threw in a couple boveda 72's for night, and will pick up build in morning...Thats all for today..

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O.K. Folks, Friday is here!!! Woop woop!!!!

The drawers from Forrest arrived, three months in, but the wait is over.......

I drilled and mounted the handles to them and have them home and loaded up.....prepare yourself for major photo footage

(Nows a good time to grab a snack, this will be a while)

My morning started with HUGE amounts of anticipation waiting for FedEx to arrive. He normally arrives between 9:30-10:00am. So in preperation I fire up a cigar to enjoy while waiting him out.

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While I smoke and wait its a fine time to revisit the drawer pull. I failed to show you the rear side of the pulls. So here is front and rear shots.
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I really dig these handles...texture on rear of handles as well......really nice touch.
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Alright hes running a tad late....
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O.K., now were getting to the meat of the cigar..and Its yummy.....where the hell is fedex?


He needs to hurry his ass up, keepin a brother waiting just isnt right.

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Here he is....YEAH BOi !!!


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Time to put down the cigar and open this puppy up!

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Well packed, I'll give him that..
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4 drawers and a shelf all with Birdseye Maple fronts..

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Now to drill and mount some handles...

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Alrighty.....lookin good...feelin good.

Time to drive these babies home and get em wiped down, and loaded up...[/QUOTE]

Here is where we switch this thread to a "Show me your Stash" thread......

Here is drawer one part way loaded.

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And here it is topped off.

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Im loving these drawers. They are holding cigars Three deep (top to bottom), nice.
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And the bottom drawer.

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And now the center section with all drawer installed..

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Overall, Extremely Happy with this. Looks like I wanted it, holds a good amount of my stash..( yep, still need the coolidor for rest, kinda figured that already though)... Only down side, my daughter saw me laying out all the cigars on kitchen table to put into drawers and she announces "WOW DAD, THATS ALOT OF CIGARS!" Which naturally perked up the wifes ears and in she strolls...my wife then states ."I didnt realize you had SO many"...

With a big Ol Smile I said "YEP", and thats all that was said..case closed....Man has spoken!
To her credit she did make me a sammich and noodle salad while I loaded the drawers up.......Shes a good woman...

Now some hours later my humidity is up to 62% and slowly climbing.....we are rockin.

I think you'll need to do the edit trick to get your pics to show. So do it so I can see them!

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Originally Posted by 04EDGE40

I think you'll need to do the edit trick to get your pics to show. So do it so I can see them!

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Thanks Collin. They showed when I put them up, but now gone. I will start going thru them now.

Awesome drawers. Excellent stash. No issues with build quality since initial post?

Well done, nice job man....Congrats

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Originally Posted by DLtoker

Awesome drawers. Excellent stash. No issues with build quality since initial post?

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No issues at all. The wineador operates exactly like I want it to, and the drawers are looking better and better to me each day. When all said and done it was worth the wait. Unfortunately I am now looking to either setup wineador #2 or setup a China Cabinet with a TEC and move my stash into it. Ive been on the hunt for either or. Since my wineador is full and my coolidor is over half full I need to get rid of coolidor by summers heat or I have to move it back to my shop like previous years. My shop has more temp control, but is 8 miles away. Its all fun though.

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Originally Posted by penna stogey

Well done, nice job man....Congrats

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Thank you very much.

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Originally Posted by Trackmyer

. . . . or setup a China Cabinet with a TEC and move my stash into it. Ive been on the hunt for either or.

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I have my personal TEC for sale . . . click here to see it.

Good job . . . with the wineador and aux electronics. My wood humidor has a TE cooler with add-on temp and humidity controllers.

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Originally Posted by JimF

I have my personal TEC for sale . . . click on the link in my signature to see it.

Good job . . . with the wineador and aux electronics. My wood humidor has a TE cooler with add-on temp and humidity controllers.

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Thanks, but I have a bunch of TEC' at the ready. Im just looking for the proper looking cabinet for my taste.

Damnnnn Troy, that is insanely cool....in all ways. If that were mine, I would sit and just stare at it long into the night, like I did the Christmas tree as a child. I would just have made another smoker out of it Bwaahaahaa.

Seriously, that is some serious skill and craftsmanship there. Cudos my brother ...Yo (doff hat guy goes here if we still had him)

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Originally Posted by Bowtech4ever

If that were mine, I would sit and just stare at it long into the night

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Oh, I glance over at it multiple times a night. It sits across the room calling to me. Trying to lure me into its glorious wonder......

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