I've got the basic boxes of two of my bookcases built, stained and finished (inside surfaces only; the outsides of these won't show).
Looking forward to the face frames, I wondered how far apart to put the clamps when I glue them on. I intend to use pocket screws around the perimeter (again, because the outsides of these "built-in" units won't show), but I think the frame pieces that edge the front of each shelf (they are all fixed) will simply be glued and clamped. The frames will be screwed and possibly glued together as a unit beforehand.
So I did a little searching online and found that some people recommend festooning practically every square inch of any mating pieces with clamps, even when there doesn't seem to be any obvious stress involved. Can this really be necessary, or is it simply to prove the old adage?
Here's how I glued up the boxes:
I could of course have simply used screws, as the sides of these units won't show. But one side of each of the next two units will be exposed, and I figured I might as well get in some practice.
Thin as my experience is, I have glued together some boxes before, and my intuition tells me these aren't coming apart, especially once I put the backs and the face frames on. Is that wrong?