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Default ff's is soft or hard maple preferred.

OFWW wrote:
I am about to order the material for my kitchen cabinets.

For the ff's, is there any preference for hard or soft maple. Keep in
mind I will be painting the whole enchilada.

I've got a good sale price of 46 bucks a sheet of mdf plywood core
3/4". A competitor for J Classic Lam.

Found a good local source hardwood business that has a number of
stores around So. Cal.

I was thinking that hard maple would be stronger, but does soft have
an advantage for glue ups?

I am building a mobile rack for the plywood, hope to have it finished
and rolling, tomorrow.


IMHO soft is plenty strong but not as dent resistant as with the hard.
Soft will also be easier to mill.