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#1 posted 261 days ago

If these are false drawer fronts and if you are screwing these drawer front’s on then just make the screw holes elongated to allow for wood movement. Wood still takes on moisture even if it has been dried properly.
Thus the term Hygroscopic http://www.swst.org/teach/teach2/properties2.pdf

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

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