On Fri, 19 Jul 2013 09:10:11 +0000 (UTC),
wrote:


I recently noticed that the doors on a pine bookshelf, a gift to me, bought at
a certain BigBox store, do not meet.

the gap is now at least 1/3 of an inch.

Can the wood shrink that much?



Yes, they can. Probably a big gap to start with too.