Assembly question:

[Punchcard]

I've finally got some time to finish up my cab. I already have the wood cut, painted, t-molding installed, and now I'm ready to start assembling the panels. Here is my problem:

I am a student, and move frequently. I also tend to live in apartments that are not condusive to cabinet transport door opening-wise. Therefore I'd have to disassemble it to move it. I don't really want to do the final assembly in my apartment (cab is currently at my parents barn).

I'm using 5/8'" sanded ply, and the obvious choice for fastening the panels together would be regular wood screws, but they are not condusive to frequent (every 1-2 years) dissasembly/reassembly that I expect to be the norm.

I've though about bolts and metal L- brackets, but am worried about rigidity of the cab. Anyone have any experience or ideas?

I'm very close to being done, and this is really my last stumbling block.

[SirPoonga]

Used 1"x1" strips and screws to hold together.  It works well.

[spidermonkey]

T-nuts might work well for your situation.

[Xphile]

are t nuts the ones with the flange on the inside of the cab(with teeth on them that dig into the wood), then you just screw the bolts in from the outside? if so, I was gonna suggest those, but i didn't know what the heck they were called..:-)

[Punchcard]

Oooooooohhhhhh. Just did a search on T-Nuts. I have seen those before but didn't even think about them Those would be PERFECT!

THANKS!!!!!

[Brax]

Yup, for that application t-nuts would be best, a close second would be 1x1 blocking as you could replace the blocking if the screw holes became stripped.

I find that the spikes don't hold the nuts in place terribly well though. If your removing them once in a while you might want to consider adding a little glue (maybe a silcone based... something goopey and strong) to hold them in place. It's a pain if you push them out before you start the threads..... and you'll have quite a few!