Thanks Fellows!
Paul, excellent points on the alternative adhesives, probably worth the checkout when I progress past the simple small panels. I'm a bit stuck in the mud, heck, I still curse myself when trying to beat the working time clock on PVA while trying to assemble a 4-sided box joint whatever. Keep thinking LHG would have made this so much easier, then I forget 🤔
With the laser, or more specifically the software, there are a gazillion "knobs" to tweak to get gapless fits and to make a cut from an image file. I need to discipline more and make those tweaks before I just go for it and create a part. The hardest thing in my mind is deciding on what to make.