The best two material tips I can contributive to the Kitchen Cabinet from
scratch project :

1. I had never worked with pre-finished plywood before, but at the
suggestion of a professional, I used 3/4 inch maple plywood finished on the
one side only for the sides, and bottoms of the cabinets and finished on two
sides for the shelves. This saved me so much time and aggravation with the
finishing process I would never build a cabinet like this again with
un-finished ply.

2. I used a custom dovetail drawer shop for my 17 drawers and had the
pleasure of determining the specs- 5/8 maple hardwood for the sides and 1/2
inch maple plywood for the bottoms. That really insured a no-flex bottom no
matter how much I load the drawers. I had them put the finish on them as
well. Total with shipping including 6 very large and deep drawers was under
$600.

Good Luck!

Dennis Slabaugh
Hobbyist Woodworker
www.woodworkinghobby.com




"Mark Howell" wrote in message
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"HMFIC-1369" wrote in message
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Hey me too! Had a flood (upstairs washing machine hose) that destroyed
the
Cabinets ceiling and hardwood floors. The MDF Cabinets turned to mush! So
I
get to start from scratch. I've decided on using a collection of
European,
Mission and Stainless Steel cabinet doors. I've been collecting Cabinet
Data
for a month now and have found that some of the major Manufacturers
explain
in some detail their manufacturing methods and from books! I think I'll
stick with Oak, but will also play with Maple for the doors and fronts!
3/8
ply sides and back with 5/8 ply bottoms. For the Island 5/8th sides and
back
with a 3/4 bottom. Has to hold the Granite tops.

The Draws are designed around use. Below the Counter top all draws will
be
Maple with stainless steel liners. The rest will be just Maple sides and
back with a maple faced ply for the bottoms. (they'll all be lined with
other types of methods and materials. I'm also sticking LED's to light
the
interior of the draws,

Hehe, that should make it easy to find the scoop when your sneaking some
ice cream in the middle of the night

when opened. and the garbage draw will open and close
automatically and I'll stick them all with the bearing self closing
slides

( I would also recommend downloading www.kitchendraw.com) 30 day free
trial!
Not associated with it in anyway shape or form. But it is an easy to use
with beautiful results!)

Good luck!




"Alexander Galkin" wrote in message
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I am going to build all my kitchen cabinets and I have some questions

1. What's the best material to use for kitchen cabinets drawer sides,
back
and bottom? Maple, Burch, something else?

2. I assume the most practical way to build cabinets cases sides ,
bottom
and back from plywood. What type and thickness of plywood is the best
for
this?

3. Is it best to build kitchen cabinet shelves from solid wood or
plywood?

The cabinets drawer faces, doors and face frame will be built from
cherry.