Just a thought - I have made several kitchens - I use 3/8 for the ALL the
sides and 1/4" for the bottoms of a normal width and depth drawer - I then
face the drawers with 3/4" wood to match the style of the cabinet doors -
that could save you a few bucks on the plywood...Just a thought
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I'm planning on using birch plywood for my current kitchen cabinet
project.
Going to use 1/2" (9 ply) for the sides and 3/4" front & back.
I've been experimenting with my new half-blind dovetail jig and using of
scrap
3/4" 5-ply maple plywood and getting some really poor results.

The rounded portion on the pins(?) are breaking off (1-ply worth) and this
seems to be causing the joint to flex a lot.

I'm using a Freud 1/2 14 deg bit in a Bosch 1617 router.

Should I expect better results with the better quality birch plywood -
OR -
is this just a bad technique (inexperience) on my part.

I not planning on having a lot of birch leftover and don't want to
experiment
on it too much.

ThankX
Ron





Is this just poor technique on my par