I have a store bought dresser that has a large door on the front. It is made of pine. After about a year the door warped and now will not close properly. The warp corner to corner is about 1/16th of an inch. I can’t make a replacement door. It would never match.
I have been thinking how to do it. The looks of the inside will not matter and there is about half an inch of space behind it. Can I rig up a frame of some sort to the inside to bend it back and keep it that way, or is there some way to pull it back into shape? I think that anything done to bend it back into shape will eventually go back to where it is now. Thanks for the feedback.
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Depending on which corner of the door is 'racked', by simply repositioning one hinge outwardly, will close up the gap.
If it's not closing at the top corner,remove the bottom hinge screws on the frame.(You may have to glue in wood 'matchsticks' as you'll be mowing the hinge leaf out about 3/32") Only attach one screw and try the door. If not, move it out a bit more and use another screw hole.
If it's the bottom corned that's ajar, reposition the bottom screws.
Steinmetz.
Edited 6/5/2007 3:34 pm ET by Steinmetz
Thanks. I was thinking of that. Then it would be on my mind that it was katty wampus just to make it work. Something like most of my wood projects. Each little error is glaring.
hereford,
The easiest solution would be to add a magnetic or friction catch, or a turnbutton, hook, or sliding bolt to the inside of the corner that is pulling away from the case. Shouldn't take much to pull 1/16" on a large door.
Ray
It has catch latches top and bottom. The top of the door was where it was warping out. The door at times is far enough out of whack that the door is propeled out by the top latch. Like a spring board. I think that repositioning the hinge is the way to go. At least that is what I will try first. Thanks.
You DIDN'T paint the door on one side only??? That'll do it every time
Sometimes an uneven tilt to the floor will wrack a carcase or a filing cabinet Judicious shimming of a leg or corner can correct the problem. Steinmetz.
The floor is perfect and the placement of the dresser, I would assume is flat also. I didn't set itt on a dead cat or anything. ;-} But thanks. I now remember one more thing that could have caused it.
Regardless of the fact that the floor is flat and cat-free, use a big flat screwdriver (or better, a cat's paw - no pun intended) to try shimming one leg or another. In many cases you can tweak large doors into closing better by slightly "warping" the cabinet around them.David Ring
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Outstanding. I will try that tonight. That may do it. Thanks
I assume you are not talking about a twisted or racked door: the door is convex/concave and not flat? Is it solid panel or frame and panel?
1/16th of an inch is neither here nor there- why can you not just plane it round the edges so that it fits flush with the frame? Hell, for that amount you could just chamfer the edges. Have I got the wrong end of the stick?
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