Holding kitchen cabinets together: The dado joint
A dado cut is where a long groove is cut into one piece of wood for purposes of (generally) inserting another.
In your kitchen cabinets this is typically how your bottoms and built in shelving is installed.
As you can see from the picture on the right, the grove is cut into the side piece, and the bottom or shelf sits in the groove.
This makes the shelf much more secure than it would be with just nails or screws.
It also provides a much greater surface area for glue, which in and of itself helps make the joint stronger.
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