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Plywood or MDF if I'm going to laminate?

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withalligators:
I think various hardwood plys start at around 60 a sheet here.  which is about the same as a sheet of regular ply and 1 side laminated.  So, it would actually be cheaper to get high grade ply, cover one side in laminate, and one side in sideart, than it would be to get crappy ply and put sideart on both.  I could also use crappy ply on the kick panel, top, and other places where only one side will be visible.  inside that, it will be a coat of rustoleum and john deere flat black.

I've been following your post.  I'm waiting for you to paint. 

Cheers,
Alex

ChanceKJ:
What mine? My Flynn's build?

I guess I should be more detailed with my paint process in hopes it turns out for others then. Hmmm.

hksrb25s15:
I used both and mdf is easier to work with but if you get it wet, bye bye. Imagine if your basement flood the mdf will soak up most of the water.  Plywood is cheaper but working with it a pain if you don't know what you are doing.  And water doesn't effect it a too much like mdf.

mgb:
With laminating, particle board would be a great choice.
It's lighter than mdf, it's much straighter than plywood. It's easy to slot for t molding.
It's fairly cheap. This is what many commercial arcade machines were made of.
http://m.lowes.com/product?langId=-1&storeId=10702&catalogId=10051&productId=3703728&store=2658&view=detail&nValue=SEARCH

Of course, just like mdf, keep away from water but I would think most people would want to keep their arcade machines out of water.

RandyT:

--- Quote from: mgb on June 25, 2014, 08:00:29 am ---With laminating, particle board would be a great choice.
It's lighter than mdf, it's much straighter than plywood. It's easy to slot for t molding.

--- End quote ---

Particle board is actually a little heavier than MDF.  There is also a "lightweight" grade of MDF that is as light as plywood, but is likely harder to find/more expensive.  Particle board can be rougher on tooling as well, as there are sometimes little stones and other non-wood/resin materials that end up in the mix.

Here's a chart for reference.

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