On 2/24/2019 8:48 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Sun, 24 Feb 2019 16:10:23 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Sunday, February 24, 2019 at 4:02:07 PM UTC-5, dpb wrote:
On 2/24/2019 12:40 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:
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Sure, there are "better" ways to fix it, theoretically, that involve
more precise "woodwork" and show off your "craftemanship" - but if the
intent is just to repair the drawer, this will work,

So would just running a 3" #10 screw through the drawer front...


So would this...

https://i.imgur.com/52ztd4n.jpg
Except my solution will not be visible to a casual observer, and
will be hard to see even if you know what you are looking at.

Any "woodworker" could/would tell immediately...and go to the
construction details on seeing the piece for the first time just to
observe how were done. "It's what we do!"

The epoxy/resin glue does essentially as much damage to the value of the
piece as the screw would.

I was/am presuming this is _NOT_ DD's piece; that it is part of the
previous piece he was asked to repair by someone else. His objective
(and imo obligation to the owner) is to do as little irreversible as
possible.

If the owner of the piece is ok with "whatever", that's something else
again, but if it appeared to me the piece had any real value at all, I'd
have to have direct orders to resort to such and would probably decline.

This is, after all, the 'rec.WOODWORKING' group; working wood with some
skill and precision would be kinda' the goal. Even developing some new
skills/techniques would seem useful.

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