What to do with cigar boxes?

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A friend of mine is a proprietor of a cigar shop. As such, he winds up with quite a few empty cigar boxes, and occasionally he sells a few at the flea market for a couple of bucks apiece. For whatever reason, he doesn't want particularly to do that anymore; probably too much work :)

At any rate, I figgered I'd give it a think and I come up with not much. In keeping with JOAT's creed of taking all free wood, I was wondering if anybody had some suggestions regarding cigar boxes. They're all very well made, from a WW perspective, and most use spanish cedar, which is very good for cigars.

So what to do with 150 different sized, different finished, different shaped, different decalled, different painted empty cigar boxes? I'm sure my buddy would let them go at a good price (free to me), but I can't for the life of me figure what I would do with them.

Thanks for the input,

-Phil Crow

Grandpa · Accepted Answer

Wish you were near Albuquerque, I'd score them and use them for storing all manner of things for modeling, decals, woodworking etc. I'd use a number of them for doll house furniture too. Darned things are almost impossible to find here.

Grandpa John

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Rob V · Answer

Make purses out of them.Cigar box purses are huge here in the south.

CW · Answer

They're available everywhere. Full of cigars. I built a small cabinet awhile ago for a relative. The cabinet used cigar boxes for drawers. I alsogot to empty the boxes.

Tom · Answer

Rob V. wrote:>Make purses out of them.And getting bigger all over. High prices are paid for cigar box purses. Tom Work at your leisure!

AArDvarK · Answer

Ha...that's a great pitch, I love it. Learn to make cigar box purses...and sell them eBay!Alex

BruceR · Answer

I use them for storage of various small items that need to be grouped together. Fer-instance, a small box holds by dado shims, a larger one holds an assortment of router bits (with an insert to stand them up). I keep spare drill bits in another. Basically they are great for small sets of _anything_.

Now I have the problem of what to do with about 200 cigar "tins". Basically a hinged lid tin box about 6"x5"x1/2"

(ideas?)

-Bruce

Puff Griffis · Answer

Cigar box guitars are becoming fairly popular dags.Puff

Phisherman · Answer

The purses will bring in big bucks, especially made with the illegalCuban cigar boxes !!!

J T · Answer

Thu, Aug 12, 2004, 8:33pm (EDT-3)                     (Phil=A0Crow) claims: I can't for the life of me figure what I would do with them.     Are you kidding?  Make a few guitars.JOATYou have to kill pessimists, but optimists do it themselves.FRAGGLE ROCK THEME

J T · Answer

Thu, Aug 12, 2004, 8:33pm (EDT-3)                     (Phil=A0Crow) claims: I can't for the life of me figure what I would do with them.     Oh yeahl, after you make guitars, send the rest to me.JOATYou have to kill pessimists, but optimists do it themselves.FRAGGLE ROCK THEME

J.B. Bobbitt · Answer

Store cigars in them?-JBB

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