I'm in the process of building an entertainment center similar to the picture below. I've built the lower cabinets and I'm ready to start on the upper shelves. The base cabinets are 17" deep and the top will be 12" deep shelves. Using plywood for the vertical supports with trim on front and across the top. My question is how to affix them to the base cabinets? The base cabinets will be screwed to the wall as will the very top of the shelving unit.
Mine is actually wider than what is pictured, and the upper shelving units will be like this... (Using 3/4" plywood for the verticals, and adjustable shelves)
wall(3/4"V) 24"s (3/4"V) 24"s (1.5"V) 36"s (1.5"v) 24"s (3/4"v) 24"s (3/4V)wall
My thought is to drill holes, 2 per support and affix dowels to align them so they don't slide left or right or forward. Is that a good idea/bad idea or is there a better idea out there? TIA Gordy.