"B a r r y" wrote in message
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Larry Bud wrote:
Making a DVD cabinet, and was thinking of saving some $$ to use oak ply
for shelves and edge them. Anything wrong with this?

Only if you're selling it and representing it as solid wood, fine
furniture.

For items like shelves, built-ins, and cabinets, plywood can actually
outperform solid stock. I've even cut plywood, splined it, and reglued
it to create a glued-up board look. Carefully done, with plywood made
from good quality veneer, it's quite convincing.

Barry

The key is to buy oak veneered plywood that is refered to as "flat sliced
veneer", not "rotary cut"
There's nothing cheap about veneered plywood, it's regularly used in
high-end cabinets. I use cherry and tiger maple veneered ply regularly. It's
very expensive.