OK folks,
I have made a few simple cabinets and now I am ready to try and make some for a small kitchen. My friend owns an apartment and needs some new cabinets and I pitched the idea to him to let me try to make them, however he wants them as affordable as possible (typical landlord). So I was looking around in some of the big home improvement stores (lowes and HD) and I noticed almost all there cabinets were made of 1/2" particle board or mdf and it looked like it just had a hard wood veneer. So my question is three fold
1.) are those cases in fact 1/2" mdf with a veneer?
2.) if so is this a good option for my friends project ? or
3.) should I use a 1/2" cabinet grade grade plywood vs 3/4" (is there much of a savings)?
Thank you