Greetings:

I'm in the process of pricing out cabinets for a new house. For a
number of reasons, I'm probably going to go with a local cabinet shop
that does especially good quality work and is very picky about the
lumber it uses.

However, as with many small shops that don't have CNC machines, their
"standard" drawer boxes are Baltic birch plywood, rabbeted / glued /
nailed. To upgrade to dovetailed solid wood (poplar or equivalent
sides, with plywood bottoms in a dado), they want an additional $15 /
box. As there would be about 160 boxes on this project, I'm looking
into whether it might make sense to have the cabinet shop omit drawer
boxes entirely from their bid, outsource the drawer boxes to one of
the companies that supply CNC'd DT'd boxes, and then just have the
local cabinet shop attach the drawer fronts and drawer slide
hardware.

What's the approximate cost these places charge for a typical box
(e.g., for a 24"W x 4"H x 20"D, in an inexpensive hardwood like
poplar, soft maple, cherry, etc.), in quantity?

Thanks!

LKB in Houston