Thank you for your feedback.... So what I did was used a dremal and cut the face plate out as clean as I could. I then used the hysol on all ends both inside the box and on the face plate, put it back in place, then just figured for added support, I would use the Hysol on the outside anywhere were the wood connects together. Hopefully even if it cracks on the outside, the glue joint on the inside is good and strong. Just to be safe, I did put 4 dowel rods in and added triangles on the inside upper half of the box. I guess I will see what happens