Frame:

1. Check up the dimensions of the pieces squared up for the frame.
2. Lay out and cut the lap joints in the top side rails and frame posts, as shown in the drawing.
3. Nail the frame together.
4. Test the corners of the frame with a steel try-square and brace it by nailing, temporarily, several strips diagonally across the corners.

Bottom:

1. Cut seven pieces of flooring 32½" long for the bottom and plane off the groove of one piece.
2. Turn the frame upside down and nail this piece with the smooth edge projecting ⅞" over the front side of the frame. Nail the rest of the flooring so that each piece matches tightly.

Ends:

1. For the back, cut eleven pieces of ceiling 31¼" long.
2. Plane off the groove edge of one piece of ceiling and nail it on the back of the frame even with the end.
3. Nail the rest of the ceiling on the back. Be sure that each joint matches tightly.

Fig. 35.—Frame of cabinet nailed together

Shelves:

1. Make four strips (¾" × ¾" × 16½") and nail two of them inside, across each end, 15" and 24" from the bottom. These strips hold the shelves.
2. From a 1" × 12" piece cut two pieces 32½" long; fit and nail them in for the upper shelf.
3. Make the bottom shelf of two pieces, one 10¼" wide and the other 8" wide. When these boards are nailed in place, the shelf is narrow enough to allow the doors, with pockets on, to close.
4. Make two strips; one 13-16" × 1" × 16½" and the other 13-16" × 1-¾" × 20½", and nail them to the top shelf for drawer guides.