4. Pick the CORRECT glue!
Epoxy is the weakest glue on wood. It does not absorb into the wood, it just sits on the surface.
Anybody recommending you use Epoxy to glue wood, especially a cabinet joint (OMFG), is a 100% nubie.
The moment you put an Epoxy joint back on route, it cracks.
Then the crack is full of Epoxy, so real wood glue will no longer hold either.
You have to take the whole panel off and remove all the Epoxy. A simple repair turned into a 3 hour project because some idiot decided to use Epoxy...
We need real glue, made for wood.
The best wood glue that everyone can buy, anywhere, is Titebond 3. It's cheap, they have it at ACE, Menards, HD or Lowes.
Get a fresh bottle, if it's covered in dust, get another.
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Don't bother with Gorilla Glue, it foams up into a big mess, and sometimes simply fails on a wood joint.
And if it does fail (as if often does when people build subwoofers with it), the joint is contaminated, just like if you used Epoxy.
It's messy, it's unpredictable, it's expensive and makes it tough to repair in the future - I'd simply avoid it.
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Hide Glue (the stuff they originally used at the factory) is applied hot and as soon as it cools, it's cured. This glue is flexible and pretty strong, but the time saved by it's quick cure is kinda lost when you have to wait for the stuff to heat up. If you want to be authentic you can use it, but Titebond is stronger and less of a headache to use.