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   Ron03 | Feb 26, 2003 09:09pm | #1

   Glue will be fine as long as you have a properly fitting glue joint,  Biscuits are really for alignment ease and don't at that much in structural support,

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   scott57 | Feb 26, 2003 09:13pm | #2

   Thanks for the help.

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   RW | Feb 27, 2003 12:13am | #3

   If you are going to just glue, I'd wager that a "properly fitting glue joint" equates to rabbeting the back of the frame to fit the carcass panels. I prefer nails for purely from the simplicity standpoint, but often the aesthetics of the thing don't really allow for that. I've used biscuits, not a big fan there, and splines, a little better. If it's going to be a built in with the outsides not showing, pocket screws are an option as well. You can do the same thing on a visible piece with an extra side piece, which helps the reveal on carcass-work like bookshelves so one end of your frame doesn't overlap the shelf more than all the center partitions.

   " To the noble mind / Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind" - Wm Shakespeare, Hamlet, III,i,100