Ply wood

[xxvms]

Hi there

This is my first post.

I am learning about woodworking, my goal is to build furniture for my own use, I watched a lot of guides on YouTube on how to create cabinets, drawers etc majority I found are from the US.
and their go-to plywood is baltic birch, in the UK I found it too be quite expensive.

I know that my first projects will be far from perfect and I plan to create some just as exercise until I feel confident that my skills are up to the task and I will not waist expensive material.
What would you recommend to use at the start? What suppliers would you recommend?

thanks

 

[Spectric]

Hi

Welcome and hopefully you will find a wealth of info and knowledge on these forums.

Whilst learning and producing scrap, I would say we have all gone through this phase and I still do make some monumental cockups that instead of using decent ply use MDF, but it requires a different approach than other materials. I would avoid chipboard, just the word to me means bargain basement and reminds me of MFI.

What sort of workshop do you have and tools at your disposal?

 

[xxvms]

Hi Roy

Thank you for a quick reply.

I have a table saw (arriving today), circular saw, router, chisel set, Trend PH/JIG Pocket Hole Jig, hammers, cordless drill, bits, hand saw etc.
Worksop at the moment not much, except back garden and small shed. I will be putting a roof over part of my garden and at a later stage, I want to rebuild my shed to be larger to accommodate tools and space to work around. I am not fond of MDF due to the amount of dust it creates and I was not sure if it behaves the same way as plywood. I didn't want to get into bad habits.


cheers