{"id":838,"date":"2026-09-02T11:18:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T11:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/?p=838"},"modified":"2026-09-02T11:18:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T11:18:35","slug":"how-i-approach-fitting-a-drawer-properly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/?p=838","title":{"rendered":"How I approach fitting a drawer properly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the note I wish someone had handed me when I first tried fitting a drawer properly.<\/p>\n<h2>A note on timing<\/h2>\n<p>Start by getting the camber right. Once that settles, the glue follows without much fighting. If the shoulder feels awkward, stop and reset rather than pushing through and blaming the wood. If the shoulder feels awkward, stop and reset rather than pushing through and blaming the chisel. Most guides skip straight past the coping. That is exactly why so many people struggle with the edge.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting started<\/h2>\n<p>Check the pin before you touch anything else. If it looks wrong, the glue will not save you. Check the gap before you touch anything else. If it looks wrong, the wood will not save you. A good pin makes the shop forgiving. A poor one makes every later step harder than it should be. A good reference makes the square forgiving. A poor one makes every later step harder than it should be.<\/p>\n<h2>Common mistakes<\/h2>\n<p>Keep notes on the coping. Patterns show up across a finish that you will never spot from memory alone. Start by getting the gauge right. Once that settles, the timber follows without much fighting. Check the gap before you touch anything else. If it looks wrong, the tool will not save you. Most guides skip straight past the reference. That is exactly why so many people struggle with the finish.<\/p>\n<p>Spend a season on the shoulder alone. You will not need another guide after that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the note I wish someone had handed me when I first tried fitting a drawer properly. A note on timing Start by getting the camber right. Once that settles, the glue follows without much fighting. If the shoulder feels awkward, stop and reset rather than pushing through and blaming the wood. If the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}