Can you post a link to the plywood type product you can buy? Your boxes shouldn’t be seen, so it’s not a big deal if the sheet goods aren’t for furniture.
I hate MDF and particle board with a passion.
Yes, solid wood will warp. It’s a natural product that expands and contracts with differences in temperature and moisture content. Plywood and mdf, being “engineered” products, don’t have as much of that problems. If you can control your environment, temperature and humidity, you’ll have no problems with wood.
If you really don’t have access to anything else, I would begrudgingly use MDF boxes with wood stiles and doors.
And if you plan on the store cutting your materials for you, don’t expect good tolerances. They rarely cut your measurement well for you. I would have them cut bigger than planned and then finish back with your own tools.
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I went to the store today, to get a picture of the heavy duty plywood-like boards. And what did I find? Plywood!!!! Real!!
I too would go the MDF route. Can you not order online either some materials like from Ikea? maybe do some research and see if you can get things to Argentina on line. Sorry I am not familiar with your countries capabilities for things but time and labor vs shipping costs for something easy and of good quality might be a good trade off.
For what I read in the Ikea website, they 'prefer' full containers orders, about 20.000 euros.
A quick google search for plywood and Argentina brings up lots of purchasing options as well as a list of manufacturers. Is it just not available in your local area?
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I have seen that plywood is sold in Buenos Aires and other much bigger cities. Maybe of good quality, for furniture building, I do not know. Apparently, here it is starting to be used for building the casing for concrete roofs and columns (once the concrete hardens, they take off the plywood), that is why the finishing is not that good.
So, as I said before, I went to a big store today, to get the picture for PapaBear. A few months ago, they did not sell plywood, but only had heavy duty plywood-like panels, today I found they are called OSB boards.
But they just started bringing real plywood now. And they cut it for free! This opens a lot of opportunities. The plywood is not the best quality, it has partial holes, about 1 inch in diameter and 1/4 inch deep (can one patch that?). Many, so I am afraid I will not be able to avoid them. The only width they have is 3/4'', which I understand is the standard size. Now I have to go back to all the plans I have from Ana White and see if there is something I can work out with my limited set of tools.
The plywood is more expensive than melamine-mdf and particle board, but it is ok. Now I will go again to a big wood company near my house. Maybe they sell it too (they did not 6 months ago) because if they do, it will be cheaper.
On the other hand, I casually found a furniture company. They build in wood and mdf, etc. and build whatever one asks for. So, I will draw a plan and have it priced in wood.