Took me 4 hours to fix a drawer that should have been 20 minutes

I had a customer bring in this old oak dresser, one drawer just wouldn't slide smooth. Thought it was just wax the runners, maybe sand a little. Spent two hours messing with the glides, swapping them out, still sticking. Then I noticed the drawer box itself was twisted maybe an eighth of an inch from humidity over the years. Had to plane the side down and rebuild the dovetail joint on one corner, took another two hours easy. Anyone else ever fight a simple fix that turned into a whole rebuild?

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james_singh715d ago

...and honestly even then it might not be straight. In my experience, that humidity twist is the kind of thing you don't catch until you've already wasted time on the easy stuff. I'd add that sometimes the drawer face itself can be out of whack, not just the box. You sure it wasn't the hardware warping too? Just a thought, take it or leave it.

loganl2215d ago

Hold up, hardware warping isn't usually the main culprit in humidity, that's more of a finish or wood issue.