Knievel claims they come apart in THIS thread. I sure hope so - I picked one up a few weeks ago and I'm hoping to do something similar to it... Maybe yours just needs a gentle tap with a mallet or something?
javeryh -- Hm. Why don't you tap yours with a mallet first and tell me how it turns out? Kidding. I've put so much time into this thing, I don't want to screw it up coming to the end. My problem is I'm pretty much doing this solo and it's nearly impossible to move the thing from my basement (with thin 1920's doors and a raised stone threshold) to my garage by myself.
Thanks for the pointing that thread out. I looked through the first page, but didn't see the comments at the end. It looks like knievel was able to take out the front, but there's no evidence he took out the sides. Looking at the one I had, the 45-degree wood things in the inside corner edges may be glued like scotthh mentioned.
I'm now wondering if it's worth replacing some of my bolts with flathead screws like knievel did. I'm not going to try laminate, but at least I don't have to design my sideart around bolts anymore.