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   chrisw | Mar 06, 2022 03:53pm | #1

   Remove the screws, nip of the ends with side cutters or file the end down.
   To hide the holes I would rout a shallow recess around the top edge of the box and fill with a decorative timber to 'frame' the top.

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   pantalones868 | Mar 06, 2022 06:01pm | #2

   You'll probably spend more time trying to figure out a get around for your mistake than just cutting your losses and remaking the part. You already know how. Stay with your original design and use a shorter screw if a shorter screw will work. Make the new top slightly thicker if a shorter screw won't work. Two choices!

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   rob_ss | Mar 07, 2022 01:57am | #3

   You could always embrace the screws as part of the design - the trick is getting them all to protrude the same distance and filing and sanding so they look the same - I've done this once deliberately when I felt I needed the full thickness to hold a larger door made from thinner material. It looked ok. Not flash though, but ok.

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   john_c2 | Mar 07, 2022 04:03am | #4

   Remaking the top would be my first choice. If you try to save the current top, the filled holes will mock you for all eternity.

   You can always shorten a screw, by cutting or grinding. For centuries, hand filed screws were very blunt.

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   rjlii | Mar 07, 2022 07:54am | #5

   This is a learning experience. Remake the top to a thicker dimension, or make it the same and shorten the screws (or both). If the screw pilot holes are the right diameter you don't need a point on the screw anyway.