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Cut a drawer front too short on a big kitchen job in Phoenix

I was fitting the last drawer for a maple vanity and realized I was a quarter inch short on the width. The client was coming the next day and I had no extra wood from that batch. I ended up cutting a thin strip from the back edge of the drawer box itself and gluing it to the front, then re-cutting the box joint. It blended perfectly after sanding and finishing. Has anyone else saved a piece this way when you're out of matching material?

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ivan_murphy805mo ago

Man, that's a solid save. Did you ever have a time where you had to get even more creative? I once had to fix a cabinet door where the edge chipped bad right before install. No spare plywood left at all. I ended up mixing sawdust from sanding that same door with some clear epoxy to make a filler paste. It dried super hard, sanded down smooth, and took the stain almost perfectly. You could only see it if you knew exactly where to look. I mean, sometimes you just have to use whatever is on the truck to make it work.