Wall Cabinet Joinery

[Jamie Smith]

Hi All-

I plan to build some wall cabinets for my garage/shop, and I have some questions about the joinery of them.

WallCabinet.jpg

Note that the sizes are approximate, right now I am only concerned about the joinery. I will be using 3/4" plywood ("sandeply" from borg) for the carcase and 1/4" hardboard for the back.

For the joinery, I plan to :

• Route out rabbets in the sides for the top and bottom
• Route out a rabbet in the bottom, and stopped rabbets in the sides, for the back.
• attach a french cleat, leaving room between the back and cleat to accept the receiving cleat.

Joints would be reinforced with glue and pocket holes.

Does this seem reasonable? Should I add another cleat to the bottom?

Sketchup also attached.

Thanks for any input!

-jamie