In article , Contrarian
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?

It can... Pick up a board stretcher and you should be able to get it
back to size.

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Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to
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