CMiller wrote:
On last year's New Yankee Workshop, Norm built cabinets with what
looked like about an inch of scribe material on the sides (that is,
the side edges went beyond the 1/2" back by about an inch). The 1/2"
backs were to be screwed directly to the wall.

I'm not well versed on scribing techniques, but is the idea here to
remove most of the scribe material so the sides meet the wall tightly,
while the back is as close to the wall as possible?

I would think that a space between the back and the wall would cause a
screw to deform the back (think of a screw pulling the back toward the
wall as the screw is drilled into the cabinet back). I imagine the
ideal spacing between the wall and the back where the screw goes would
be zero.

-Does one need to consider such a gap when cutting the scribe
material?
-How much "gap" is ok for screwing through the back to the wall?
-Does one have to shim the gap between the back surface and the wall
where the screw goes? (I can't imagine that would be easy to do.)

Shimming is certainly preferable but if the back (or nail board) is
reasonably stout one can get away without it. One simply doesn't tighten
the screw to the point of deforming the back/nail board excessively...the
screw will hold the cabinet even if there is a gap.

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dadiOH
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