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   Jamie_Buxton | Dec 22, 2005 08:48am | #1

   Using good ol' PVA to glue to prefinished plywood won't work.   One way to make it work is to cut dados into the vertical panels, into which the horizontal panels fit.   This gives you a wood-to-wood joint which you can glue with PVA.   It also aligns everything while you're glueing them up.   A different approach is to use glue intended for melamine.  It sticks to many finishes.  Test it on yours.  Roo glue is one brand.

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   BobMc | Dec 23, 2005 05:28am | #2

   Thanks for the advice!  I talked to someone at RooGlue, and they said the clear glue would do the job.  I was unaware of their existence, so that was a great lead.  Thank you.

   I planned on pocket screws to avoid a lot of table saw dado work, so I wasn't keen to have to do special prep on the edge of the finished sheet.  However, another thread implies that it may be quicker to dado and clamp than to drill and pocket screw.  Do you have an opinion on that?  I have to make 14 boxes for the cabinets.  Carcases, backs, doors and shelves will take about 25 sheets of goods, so I want a certain efficiency, in addition to strength.

   Thank you again.

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   Jamie_Buxton | Dec 23, 2005 08:00pm | #3

   One thing about relying on only glue is that you need lots of pipe clamps, and you can't readily stack boxes while the glue is curing.   Gluing and screwing the boxes together lets you move and stack boxes immediately.  In a small shop, space management becomes a big issue in building a kitchen. 

   You mention pocket screws...   In the boxes, you need them only for the end of a run.  For all the others, you can screw straight through from the outside.    That's somewhat easier than using the pocket-screw jig.