🚀 go-pugleaf

The following works in the sense that the fbox boxes don't have space
between them:
\documentstyle[12pt]{article}
\begin{document}
\fbox{\rule[-.1cm]{0cm}{.4cm}laak}\fbox{\rule[-.1cm]{0cm}{.4cm}wa}\fbox{\rule[-.1cm]{0cm}{.4cm}it} \\
\makebox[3cm]{$\uparrow$} \\
\makebox[0.2cm]{ }\framebox[3.0cm]{Finite control} \\
\end{document}

However, when I try to write a macro to make the construction process a little
easier, a space appears betweens each box.  Is there anyway to get rid of this?
\documentstyle[12pt]{article}
\newcommand{\fabox}[1]
	{
	\fbox{\rule[-.1cm]{0cm}{.4cm}#1}
	}
\begin{document}
\fabox{laak}\fabox{wa}\fabox{it} \\
\makebox[3cm]{$\uparrow$} \\
\makebox[0.2cm]{ }\framebox[3.0cm]{Finite control} \\
\end{document}

Finally, as is probably obvious, my normal language is -me, not LaTeX.
Is there a simpler way to do what I'm doing within LaTeX?

Many thanks,

Chet Creider
<creider@csd.uwo.ca>