[exabrial]

Why didn't he join the screwed pieces with glue? I was always under the impression the whole point point of screwed joints is to stress the glue, not to actually bear load (Because of the small surface area and hardness difference of the materials)

[btbuildem]

I've never used both screws and glue on a joint.

It's either a quick and lame job and I'll use screws, or I'm making something nice and I'll go to the trouble of cutting and gluing joints.