The only caution is that cedar is soft. Kitchen cabinets get used heavily and will show the wear perhaps quicker than you'd like. I don't see that anything other than glue is needed if the boards are edge jointed first. Four inch boards don't need biscuits. Glue, clamp and plane.
Phil
Jerry Hobs> I was talking who does nice work around his house with pine and cedar. He edge
joins a lot of material, it's all over his house.
> Not master craftsman work but not bad looking stuff.
> I've decided to make kitchen cabinets in my basement suite out of 1 inch cedar.
> I have a lot of nice 4 inch wide stuff.
>
> So I asked him what joinery method he recommended expecting him to say biscuits,
> or dowels.
> He uses small ring nails. He cuts the heads off adds his glue and then forces
> the boards together with clamps. He has fancy clamps that apply pressure to all
> four sides of his boards at once.
> He says this work just as good as biscuits or dowels.
>
> The question I have, is he right?
> It seems like an easy and cheap method for joining boards if you keep them under
> planner width.