Darren,
It must be my pesky firewall at work thats creating trouble. But thanks for your advice! Pity that you don't have much time for this hobby. Your 1801s are quite something!
Danm,
I stay in an apt ... and thats a major hinderance. So i've to depend upon the generosity of my better off friends who own houses to do any sort of woodworking. That kinda slows down things to a very large extent. I plan on cutting mdf/ply at my friend's place, and then glue them together at mine. Since i'll be doing the finishing at my small apt, i'm very hesitant using contact cement for veneering. Thats the main reason why i want to go with birch ply.
At my friend's place, we've devised some sort of an apparatus to mimic a table saw using a circle saw. Its okay to an extent, but very hard to get consistent cuts. Hence i invariable screw up the braces.
I'll give it another shot and see how things work out. I've seen some pics of ppl building plywood cabinets, and they look great. The look that i'm trying to get is -
http://www.vikash.info/audio/W3-871S/images.aspI'll consider myself very lucky, if my cabinet approach the quality of the above.