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| Howard_Casto:
--- Quote from: egomaniacal1 on February 12, 2004, 01:56:26 pm ---Hello all :) I'm new to this board and quite happy to be here. I'm very interested in trying to build a cabinet and went to Lowe's the other day to look around and price tools/material i will need. Well i get to the MDF($18.75 for a 49"x97" sheet) and it looks good but it was much heavier than i thought it would be!! Anyway it got me to thinking about using another type of light wood for this project. So the question is what is a light(but solid wood) wood that could be used for building my cab.? I was thinking Poplar maybe but not sure that would hold up. Suggestions please. --- End quote --- good old plywood... it's the best choice for the job, but it'll cost ya if you want it smooth... it's lighter, sturdier and more water resistant than mdf. btw balsa wood is used for props, you can't even skin with it |
| SirPeale:
--- Quote from: egomaniacal1 on February 14, 2004, 04:11:48 am ---OK...first things first. Someone REALLY needs to sticky the msg that talks about problems related to login!! i've been locked out for 2 days before i found(or stumbled upon) that msg!!!! --- End quote --- It is stickied. Right in the 'Board Discussion' forum. |
| Nannuu:
3/4" MDO is really great stuff. It is plywood with a smooth veneer on both sides. Just as smooth (smoother?) as MDF and because it is plywood it is stronger. It'll cost you about $50 per sheet though :-\. |
| Lilwolf:
On the Pengo in Ice idea... how about something more realistic. Pengo dedicated (maybe snowbros too) in those glass blocks that people use in showers and old 70's apartments! Would look REALLY cool! |
| egomaniacal1:
Peale: I never go to the Board Discussion Forum so what good does it do to have a sticky that regards logging in to ALL Forums if that sticky is just located in one Forum?!?! Lilwolf: I don't know how heavy that ideal for a Pengo machine would weight(i'm thinking very VERY heavy) but its definitely a cool ideal. Rampy: Thanks for the link to Valence's cabinet project!!! That looks kinda like what i'm meaning to build...just a bottom half of a cabinet. The base to his is kinda small tho...i wonder what happened to Valence. Looks like he might have just stopped working on that thing altogether. Nannuu: Never heard of MDO but if its lighter than MDF than i might look into getting some. I said i was going to go with an all plexi machine but thats still up in the air seeing as how i've never worked with plexi before. |
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