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Valued Member
South Africa
331 Posts |
Well finally I am off for 4 days, gonna get some wood and build a box for my graded coins, I don't have many, but I want to make it light and compact, I have a HUGE variety of wood to choose from so I will see
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10284 Posts |
I wood ( pun ) use something like cedar. Don't use a wood that will draw humidity.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
12477 Posts |
I suggest using something very difficult to work with.  My top two would be Ipê (Brazilian Walnut) or lignum vitae if you can get them. Not only are they basically rot and insect proof, they're also fire protection, believe it or not. Plus, they're beautiful woods! In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Moderator
 United States
56855 Posts |
 when your done. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5825 Posts |
Wood is generally NOT recommended.
Wood tends to outgas compounds that are harmful to coins.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
DON'T use Australian Red Cedar.
It is a relatively soft timber, is very easy to work with, has straight grain, has beautiful tawny red body, and very easily takes a high french polish. It is quite valuable rare, and expensive to buy. For these reasons, it is possibly the best cabinet making timber in the World.
It is also blessed with a natural resin which is poisonous to wood borers and termites, and is char proof to fire.
Furniture made 200 years ago is as good today as when it was first crafted.
The resin can also gas out over a period of years and seriously discolor coins. Alas, nothing is perfect.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
1351 Posts |
Use only mahogany or rosewood.Anything else is a BIG NO for coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4468 Posts |
You may want to look into buying a slab binder with soft plastic slots. This binder has 27 slots and cost about $35 US dollars. When you take the coin in and out of the binder slots, it does not scratch the plastic on the coin. The front and back of the coin can also be viewed when in the binder. The binder is also easy to store on a book shelf or in a safe. I like to look at my coins and putting them a box is not friendly for viewing. If you build the wood box, the coin holder should not touch the wood as it will scratch the plastic when taking the coins in and out of the box, so the wood should be covered with a soft cloth. There also need to be slot for each individual coin holder.   |
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Moderator
United States
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It sounds like a fun project and I look forward to seeing the results. Do not be scared by wood. If you choose the right type you should be okay.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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You may want to look into buying a slab binder with soft plastic slots. While I see the logic in that, those little coins look lost in a sea of plastic. 500 years from now, civilization will wonder at our fascination with plastics. Ours is an odd age where everything seems to be made of plastic or coated with it. From vinyl siding to latex paint, kids toys, utinsels, clothes, money ... coin slabs... I like the idea of a wooden box. |
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United States
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Lots of fun to be had from making useful objects from wood ... my 3rd hobby is such ... looking forward to seeing whatever you achieve
Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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My mother gave me this box 50 years ago. Cedar wood..   |
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Rest in Peace
United States
2668 Posts |
Use my smaller humidor!  Philippine mahogany? I use metal boxes for many. |
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Valued Member
 South Africa
331 Posts |
I cannot upload a picture but I have decided on mopani wood it is a very hard and heavy wood.....67lb per cubic feet, it's very dry as well as soon Ias I can upload a picture I will send a picture of a already completed box I made.
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United States
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My mother gave me this box 50 years ago. Cedar wood.. Very nice!  Quote:
I cannot upload a picture but I have decided on mopani wood it is a very hard and heavy wood.....67lb per cubic feet, it's very dry as well as soon Ias I can upload a picture I will send a picture of a already completed box I made. We look forward to seeing it.  |
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Valued Member
South Africa
331 Posts |
  This is how the box will look like, just bigger. I have no power tools so a file, chisel and sand paper is all I have, this one took almost 3 weeks to make.....very very hard wood infact it is in the top 10 for hardness. I had all the power tools but ya someone stole it, but I am grateful because it makes the carpentry just so much more personal and rewarding. |
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