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Completing the Carcase 
The three top rails that complete the main carcase should be cut to length and carcase dovetails marked and cut, not forgetting to run a groove for the back panel in the back rail. Bore the screwholes through the dovetails that will be required at glue up. Bore screwholes through the rails for holding down the top. A dry assembly of all the parts can be done at this stage, except that this is when the bottom rail is glued to the bottom shelf. Gluing at this point ensures that the rail overhangs the right amount at both ends.
Cabinets of this pattern can be glued together in two stages. First glue in the bottom shelf using a couple of top rails to hold the sides apart. Check for square and winding, and then glue and screw the top rails in place one at a time. A helper or two is handy at this point. Prepare and fit a cabinet back; two pieces of 6 mm Cherry veneered MDF are glued together (a press is convenient) to make a panel 12 mm thick, then three edges are rebated. The panel slides in from the bottom and is locked in place with three screws through it into the cabinet bottom.
© Richard Jones, 2001. No part of this article --text, photographs, slides, sketches, working drawings, etc.-- may be reproduced in any form without the express written consent of the author.
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