Clifford, The first two minutes of the video will cover glue and pin construction. Usually you will find ready to assemble cabinets with either cams or clips which only join the pieces in a few places and are more susceptible to breakage IMO. The glue and pin joints will not come apart except by extreme violence.

On this particular kitchen I intend to assemble and install all.

Jade at city cabinets gave me a bid of $700 to deliver and install the cabinets with a 5/8″ plywood sub-counter top, which was very fair.

Home depot doesn’t have this quality over the counter.The OTC cabinets I have bought previously at Lowe’s are not as good either. City Cabinet best cabinet is better quality than what they have and cost less. But City has three grades so know what you are comparing. ( I haven’t checked Lowe’s lately). I think if I bought them special order assembled and boxed it would cost almost twice as much. Disclaimer: They are on the way and I may be disappointed when all is said and done. The might not be as good as Kraftmaid or Diamond(Dixieline), but they are better IMO than anything I can get for the price locally. Might not be worth the trouble to someone else.

This is a rental of mine, and a small order, so I think it is a good place to try online. I have always beefed up the construction before I put down granite so I am not worried about it too much if I have to make up for some shortcoming.

In no way am I knocking city cabinets.They come recomended by someone I trust who has done plenty of business with them plus you have AN’s experience. They were very honest and reasonable on my visit.