Then I got started on the TV cabinet. The process is the same, just the pieces are a lot bigger. First I started with laying out where the dado's for the shelves are going and cut the rabbet for the back.

Then since the sides are almost 32" deep, my regular dado jig isn't large enough, I used another jig. This one takes a plywood router bit, plywood bits are great if they're the same size as your plywood. In this case the plywood is a big wider than the dado the bit cuts. Not much about .01" narrower.

This jig has a fence for each side of the router base plate, and you just line up the groove that's already cut in the jig with the layout lines, plunge and make the dado. A couple of clamps keep it from shifting while moving.

Some of the dado's are stopped dados. Which means they don't go all the way across the side:

Once the dado's and rabbet for the back are all cut, then the shelves get cut. I do it in this order so that I can cut the shelves the exact width and depth that I need to get the final size cabinet.

To widen the dado's is a simple matter. Sand the shelves so that they are the final thickness then you can use either a Stanley #79

or better yes a pair of these:

A pass or two and the shelf fits in the dado snugly. And when I'm done the blades will need sharpened. The plywood does a number on them.

Before I start gluing the shelves in, I need to add solid wood edge banding to the two shelves that fit in the stopped dado's. Glue and clamps is all it needs.

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