3/4 cabinet grade plywood is about ideal for the job. It doesn't hold screws into the edge wonderfully well but there isn't a plywood that does and if you pre-drill so the screw doesn't split the plies apart and the really anal would and all of us should dip the screws in wood glue, they will hold really well. If you have the equipment to cut dados for shelves and form rabbets for corner joints or can instal biscuits or use some of those very fancy "knock-down" hardware fasteners so much the better.
I have made a lot of desks and shelves with 3/4ths plywood and little of it as good as cabinet grade. The price sounds really good too compared with what they make me pay and they manufacture the stuff not 2,000 yards from my front door. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: Chanting Monks To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 9:55 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Anybody have experience w/this grade plywood? Hi folks, I'm making myself a new desk, using a kitchen countertop that I came across at Home Depot that seems pretty sturdy (formica covering particleboard). I want to use for my hutch and cabinet bases a 3/4 inch cabinet grade plywood. Home Depot has it for $25.88 per 4 foot by 8 foot sheet, and it feels pretty good, finished both sides, and two sheets would give me ample wood for both the hutch and right and left base. Anybody use this kind of wood before? I'm not planning on putting in drawers or doors to close it in, all I really need is to box it for two shelves for each base. Can't imagine the shelves bearing any more than ten, maybe twelve pounds, tops. Looks are not a concern. heck, if I could have found a green countertop with yellow polka dots and pink plaid swirls that would save me another ten bucks, I'd go for it. :) TIA, Joe [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
