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Mark70:
Depends on the design of your cabinet.

I built a frame for the lower portion of my cabinet.  Therefore I used wood screws since they're biting into 2x4 or 2x2 and just hanging the MDF off of the wood frame.  My side panels stick up past the wood frame, leaving the top nad marquee panels to hang between MDF sides.  Those joints I glued, and used wood screws, since it's the majority fastener I had going on the project.
jcroach:
I just found this page: www.mdf-info.org  There's some good tips on there.
Fozzy The Bear:

--- Quote from: jcroach on March 08, 2006, 11:23:07 am ---What do people prefer?  What's given you good results?

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Perfectly ordinary No8 or No10 wood screws work fine for me.... as long as you pre drill and countersink.  Of course backed up by weatherproof PVA wood glue or by a No Nails type wood glue.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
eccs19:

--- Quote from: Havok on March 08, 2006, 12:34:22 pm ---Glue and clamp - no screws required...

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Basically what I did for my bartop.  Added a couple of brad nails for safe keeping.
F1r3f1ght3r:
Staples and Glue or coarse thread drywall
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