OMG This cabinet has a few screws. Normally I use no metal fasteners on the carcass'. This cabinet FF's have rails that are just under 80" long and I have no clamps that long. I used pocket hole screws on the floating tenon reinforced FF joints to simply draw the joint together while the glue dried. This is cabinet number 47, that has front and back face frames, that I have built since December 2011.
I got the go ahead from my veterinarian to build this cabinet for her IT room last Thursday morning. Monday I bought the materials, MDO and poplar and began cutting. Two days later the cabinet was in the clamps. The customer will paint and hang the cabinet.
As usual all panels fit with dado's and fit into groves on all rails and stiles on both front and back FF's. Groves and dado's are 3/4" wide by
1/4" deep. I glued the FF's together after cutting all groves and then completed dados on the FF"S where the joints are.The front and back face frames, 3 vertical panels, and top and bottom panels all went together in a single glue up. That was approximately
650 linear inches of groves and dado's that had to be glued in about a 10 minute period.If you look closely at the bottom of the rail, both sides you will see half of a French cleat. This will greatly aid in positioning the cabinet near the ceiling before attaching with permanent lag screws through the back face frame rails and stiles. The customer is going to cover the 8'x8' wall with 2 3/4" sheets of plywood, glued to the wall and screwed into the steel studs before hanging the cabinet. The French cleat is white oak and attached to the FF with 8 floating tenons and a pocket hole screw on each end on each opening. BTW, the cabinet is up side down in this picture.
I really like working with this MDO product although as Swingman pointed out earlier there can be a few thin spots under the outer veneer. However out of 6 sheets that I bought for this job and the garage cabinet job that I installed last week I have only found one spot where the veneer had a void under it. I still much prefer this product than paint quality plywoods. I just do not have issue with tear out and the thickness is pretty consistent.
Next week I begin on the 4 doors.