How to fix (that is, "hide") an out-of square drawer box?

I vote for number 4. I’d rather have a root canal than to admit I screwed up…..:-)
Seriously, it probably isn’t that noticeable, you are just like the rest of us..you know it’s there and it bugs you.
Bite the bullet and go for a new drawer if you think it’s that bad.

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For me, I would take a 3lb hammer to it on the bias or take another five minutes and just build another. If you don t correct it I ll bet it will bother you every day. Don t know for sure which way I would go without knowing if you over glued the bottom, etc. I have learned the hard way to check for square as I put them together. Good luck JB

I suppose I can always try to coax it back to square with a long clamp, but it sure took me longer than 5 minutes to build them. The actual cuts and glueup went fast, but setting up for the lock rabbets took forever.

Just had another idea: cut a big wedge the size of the whole drawer front with a planer and a tilted sled. This would eliminate the gap between the box and the false front.

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I’d probably take a belt sander to the proud portion.

I’m not saying that’s a good solution… it’s just what a stubborn knucklehead like me would do. Then when I finally got it flush, I would reflect on how much easier and faster it would have been to remake the drawer. :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Am I right that you have a face frame there? If so, the fix is in the bag, er box. You just need to adjust your drawer slides until the front of the box is parallel with the front of the face frame.

The slides look like KV8405s or equivalent. With those, you want to make the dbox 1/16 narrower than the opening so you have some tweaking room. Install the slides with the tabs and spring them inward a bit. Install the drawer and then tweak from the back until the box is uniplanar with the face frame.

You’ll be fine! This is not a problem, it’s an opportunity to learn how to work with these slides! Keep your teeth intact!

-- "...in his brain, which is as dry as the remainder biscuit after a voyage, he hath strange places cramm'd with observation, the which he vents in mangled forms." --Shakespeare, "As You Like It"

If you have extra material and it bugs you that much make a new one, if not keep it as a reminder to make sure you check your work to make sure everything is square at glue up. I have reminders all over my shop, usually make shop stuff out of scrap left over so hate to have to buy extra for minor screw ups. with the abuse in the shop it will get beat up anyway.

-- Z, Rockwall, TX

I tried cabmaker’s suggestion and persuaded it back to square (although with a long clamp rather than a hammer). There was one small creak of protest, and now it’s good. Why didn’t I think of trying that first?

Another of the reasons I didn’t want to make another box is that I nailed the width perfectly. No slide adjustment necessary, and I’m as surprised as anybody.

Even though this one’s solved, I’d still like to hear about any other methods that have worked. Thanks.

-- My broker promised me he would treat my money as if it were his own. Trouble is, he did.