I find the cart to be well made and stronger than I had expected. The directions are not real easy to understand but if you lie everything out and above all TAKE YOUR TIME assembly should go okay. Parts are dowelled and screwed and here is a hint...on the cross member that the top door hinge-pins are inserted into, do not insert the screws until after the unit is stood up and your installing the doors. This will allow you to swivel the board on the dowells to insert the top hinge-pins and then turn the board to install the the screws into each side. Just take your time and think things out beforehand and you should do fine....good luck!