Spent 3 hours trying to align drawer fronts that should have taken 30 minutes

I was fitting drawer fronts on a kitchen job last week and something was just off. The gaps were uneven no matter how much I adjusted the slides. Turns out the cabinet box itself was racked by about 1/8 inch from end to end. I didn't notice until I pulled out my square and checked every corner. It took me another 2 hours to shim the box and get the rails level. Has anyone else fought a racked cabinet box way longer than you expected?

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jessica_miller20d ago

I see it differently, once you square the box first everything else lines right up.

michael_craig20d ago

OH man, I've been there. What really got me one time was realizing the drawer fronts themselves were warped just a tiny bit. I checked the box, the slides, everything was square. Then I laid the drawer face on a flat counter and could see a slight bow in the middle from the humidity in the garage they were stored in. Had to plane a hair off the back of the face to get it to sit flat against the drawer box. That's a hidden 45 minutes you don't plan for.