Plywood or hardwood Cabinet Build

[Tamster]

Has anyone built a cabinet out of hardwood?  Leaving the natural wood look?  If so, can someone post pictures?  Also,  how much wood was needed for the build.  This will go in my living room.

 

Thanks in advance everyone

[dukeatomic]

Check out my build: 

 

Or, the VPF topic here: https://www.vpforums.org/index.php?showtopic=43812&hl=

I mostly used MDF and plywood but veneered the entire thing in Zebrawood.  I think that is a really good compromise:  ease of building with sheet goods but the look of whatever species of wood you can imagine.  Pretty cost effective too.  

oakwoodveneer.com and several other vendors have great selections of real and reconstituted wood veneer. 

All I can say is that my wife is letting me put it in the living room   

 

 

[GeorgeH]

I don't have a pincab but most of the guys that have built one say that plywood is stronger than MDF.  I'd say that applying a veneer would be easier than trying to figure out how to do joints so the end grain does not show.  

[RubinaKaur]

I would rather prefer using plywood as it is much lighter than the hardwood and you can give a clean shape to your cabinet without much effort. And commercial MR grade plywood are rather more durable than the hardwoods. However, I was taken by an informative article which beautifully defined the differences between Plywood and Hardwood. I just cant stop commenting on this post and give you the link to this.

https://sawauthority.com/plywood-vs-solid-wood/

[GeorgeH]

This table was built from plywood with a hardwood veneer that was stained:

https://mameinabox.com/damions-vp-cab/