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I've never had a problem cutting PB or MDF at all. I use a high end carbide blade designed for PB and MDF, and probably have cut miles of it between sharpening. Expensive blade? Yes, but lasts a very long time.
The one plus with MDF and PB is that it is a very stable material, and very flat.
While good quality plywood is a great material, I have had lots of problems when the supplier gets in some inferior stuff. Voids can be a nightmare, and I have had more than my share delaminate or splinter when routing dados, etc.
IF cost wasn't a criteria, then plywood is a much better material. However, there are so many applications where its just not needed and OSB works just fine. Roof sheathing is the best example.
I understand counter tops getting wet all the time, but my gosh, if you are getting your cabinet sides so wet, so often, then there is a problem. I can't say I have ever had a problem with cabinet sides getting wet for extended times.
I've never had a problem cutting PB or MDF at all. I use a high end carbide blade designed for PB and MDF, and probably have cut miles of it between sharpening. Expensive blade? Yes, but lasts a very long time.
The one plus with MDF and PB is that it is a very stable material, and very flat.
While good quality plywood is a great material, I have had lots of problems when the supplier gets in some inferior stuff. Voids can be a nightmare, and I have had more than my share delaminate or splinter when routing dados, etc.
IF cost wasn't a criteria, then plywood is a much better material. However, there are so many applications where its just not needed and OSB works just fine. Roof sheathing is the best example.
I understand counter tops getting wet all the time, but my gosh, if you are getting your cabinet sides so wet, so often, then there is a problem. I can't say I have ever had a problem with cabinet sides getting wet for extended times.
Right on Bark. I have another to add in defense of PB. Go into the back of the big box store in the lumber dept. Go look at those piles of sheet goods, especially the plywood. What do you see at the stack of plywood? All the top sheets are shapped like a bananna. You have to remove several sheets just to get at a flat one.
Now go to the particle board or MDF pile and what do you see? The entire stack including the top sheets are flat as flat can be and will remain that way for a hundred years.
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