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Someone name a different material other than MDF to build a cabinet out of

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LoRDDeVO:
What ever happened to using good old 3/4 plywood.  :oIt is lighter and doesn't swell up and turn to wood chip mush when in contact with water.  You can get the ply wood with the finished sides so it is smooth and straight.  That what I am using for my cab.

PacManFan:
I'm suprised no one has mentioned cardboard boxes and duct-tape. C'mon just look how beautiful the TrashCade is!!!!!

-PMF

jimmyjet:
I have built two out of particle board.  It is cheaper and a bit lighter than mdf.  Home dept calls it "woodstalk."  I have also seen it labeled as carpet underlayment in other stores.

Snarbald:

--- Quote from: Peale on February 12, 2004, 02:46:44 pm ---Butter.  No, wait: goldfish.  Not the cracker kind, real goldfish.  No wait...Coke cans.

--- End quote ---

You're giving me all kinds of bad ideas about filling Dr. Pepper cans with some sort of a structural foam or something to make a cab or an end table or something. Well that was a run on sentence...

NoOne=NBA=:
I actually did the carboard thing.

I started my cab by building what basically amounted to a rolling table with a 2x4 frame. Once I had that part done, I covered it in cardboard so that I could get everything the way I wanted it before committing to wood.
Once I had the dimensions/shape right, I converted everything over to 3/4" plywood.
I live in Washington State, and was actually more concerned about the possibility of the cabinet getting WET in a move, than the weight.
I'm also not a big fan of WORKING with MDF.
It just kind of disappears when you work it, and turns to that obnoxious dust.

I'm guessing, based on the framing job I did on this, that I could probably slide mine down a few flights of stairs without hurting anything but the paint job.
I've got 2" casters on the bottom, so it moves really nice when I need to.

As a side note to this, I tend to overbuild everything.
My brother-in-law and I built a "baby" bed for his daughter one time.
It was sized to hold the crib mattress after she got old enough not to need the crib.
We built the entire bed out of bolted together 4x4's and put a piece of 3/4" plywood in for a bottom.
After both of us jumping up and down on it repeatedly, we decided it MIGHT be strong enough for my niece.  ;D

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