After sliding it in place I found that it was not snug enough to keep the cabinet from racking to the side. Somewhat disappointed, I went with plan B - I squared the cabinet and temporarily screwed a scrap piece of plywood across the back.
(That picture was taken after the trim was installed.) This proved to be exactly what I needed so I moved on to cutting the trim boards.
I purchased a piece of 4" x 24" x 3/4" walnut and, using my table saw, ripped some 3/4" pieces. Then, patiently and carefully, I measured, measured again, cut, and nailed the pieces on.
The last pieces to go on were across the tops of the sides from front to back. In a case of moving without thinking, I made a mistake and attached the 3/4" wide strips instead of the planned 1/2" strips. This caused the dado slot - the slot that holds the coin drop board mentioned at the beginning of this posting - to be capped off. Meaning that once the cabinet is assembled I would not be able to slide that board down and into place.
Although not ideal, I determined that I could cut that notch out of the trim and decided I would address it later.
Also, I was using an air nail gun to attach the trim. I did have one case of a nail blowing out the side.
Following Murphy's Law, this happened on the outside of the cabinet and not the inside. Having experience this several times in the past, I knew I could carefully remove the nail and fill the spot with putty. Not ideal but it is what it is.
With that I will mention - when using a nail gun, if you are holding material in place with your hand keep your fingers more than a nail's length distance away from where you are nailing. You do NOT want one of those nails deviating and going into your finger.
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