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I'm about to launch into a whole head of building cupboards and shelves out of MDF. I'm copying a design that uses 25mm MDF across spans of about 1000mm and it's perfectly stable. I'm going to go with 18mm because the spans are more like 600mm and won't be heavily loaded.
One very useful thing I'm looking into is getting a load of boards ripped into planks at a timber yard. Since all the units will be a fixed depth I can then just cross-cut these planks to make the carcasses and shelves. That saves about 90% of the cutting (and the noise and dust). The bonus is that the kind of places that do the cutting tend to carry good quality MDF that is probably better to work with than the stuff you'll get from B&Q. PM me if you want details.
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Cheers @drøn. Yeah if I was doing it myself I'd do it in pine as well.
Alas, I've made a promise to Mrs.Andos that I stop doing all the DIY and we get a pro in for this as I tend to obsess over things and it'll take me weeks. So long as it looks good painted and doesn't flex I'm happy with MDF, I suppose.
Cheers