Make: Volume 78

5. BUILD THE CARCASS

At this point I give the whole interior a light

sanding, just to remove any splintering around

the dados and to smooth things out a little bit.

Because this is shop furniture, I’m going to

keep this build as simple as I can using screws

and glue to hold it together. If nails or biscuits

or finger joints are your thing, I say choose your

adventure. Just remember that if you’re using

fasteners, you will be putting them into the edge

grain of plywood, so you’ll want to test any nailing

on scraps, and predrill for any screws to keep the

plywood from delaminating.

I begin by clamping the whole thing together,

getting it flush ...