[Arran]

Ron;
  Very good, now the ugly gouged side looks better then the "good" side of the cabinet. Doesn't it make you wish that you stripped off the rest of the veneer on the right side and reveneered it as well? Speaking of veneer, what did they use on the sides originally, it looks sort of like poplar or some other grainless wood? Of course it had so much paint and other garbage all over it that left plenty of residue.
   Speaking of gluing and clamping, I found one of the most useful tools for repairing cabinets, and other furniture, isn't even a woodworking tool, it's a hypodermic needle and syringe, I don't know where you can buy them but I have plenty that came out of a care home. Another good tool to collect are bar clamps, they operate kind of like a "C" clamp but the jaws are about 10'' long so they have more reach, and the top jaw slides down the bar so you don't have to adjust the screw threads as much. I bought a bunch of them from Canadian Tire a few years ago, whenever they had a sale, maybe a U.S hardware chain carries similar ones?
Regards
Arran