spanish cedar plywood?

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I have searched about spanish cedar plywood and it's not exactly clear to me. My question - Is this regular plywood with spanish cedar veneer, or spanish cedar plys?
I've been researching to modify an old dresser into a cabinet humidor.
 
I have searched about spanish cedar plywood and it's not exactly clear to me. My question - Is this regular plywood with spanish cedar veneer, or spanish cedar plys?
I've been researching to modify an old dresser into a cabinet humidor.

Probably the former.
 
To the best of my knowledge, all plywoods are veneered (so to speak) outside. Oak, cherry, alder, etc, all have hardwood plywoods inside with
1/16" thick veneer skin outside.
 
Hey Ted -

It's veneered. It's also what I used on the inside of my cabinet. I used solid cedar to trim out all the joints and to make the shelves from.


Ron
 
The ones I have seen were veneers, 1/16" of Spanish cedar backed by other woods laid crosswise and glued - much like the Cherry cabinet ply. As long as the spanish cedar is unfinished and the plywood is properly glued (key point), it should work well for your application.

I would be more comfortable using 1/4" spanish cedar over standard ply myself.
 
Thanks for the responses everyone. The "shell" has thin wood sides and back, plywood is all ready needed. My work experience is with metal, limited woodworking experience...I don't think a project like Ron's is what I'm ready for, this is a start. Need to line up some cigar boxes and calculate how many could be stored.
Thanks again.
 
To the best of my knowledge, all plywoods are veneered (so to speak) outside. Oak, cherry, alder, etc, all have hardwood plywoods inside with
1/16" thick veneer skin outside.

Commercially available 'furniture grade' veneer plywood has a 'skin' of 1/40" in valuable wood [the veneer] laminated onto stable underlayment.
 
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