Hello All,

Measuring diagonally on a project and reading the same measurement does not mean that the project is truly square. The reason I say this is that the desk I am working on is out of square by 3/16" because when I measured it I didn't see that one leg has a chip out of the top and as a result the desk is out of square.

The fun part is setting the drawer  glides square to the frame, I am having to shim them in on and angle to make them square to the desk frame. Whee, they are driving me up the wall but I'll figure out for the best method to do this.

Have any of you had a similar problem?

near as we can tell you're the only one Ralph...

Edited September 4, 20169 yr by Stick486

A friend of mine glued a broken drawer in a chest of drawers he had when he was young.  He didn't check square and asked if could help.  We shimmed the guides and stops and got it close.  I told him this would just add to the story and character of the piece.

When I was young, I asked my father-in-law, a true old time carpenter,  why my house wasn't true, nothing was square and joints were not either. He said, " if you ever find a house that is perfectly square, call me"  After that I discovered that good carpenters are also good magicians, they make flaws disappear

19 minutes ago, Ron Altier said:

When I was young, I asked my father-in-law, a true old time carpenter,  why my house wasn't true, nothing was square and joints were not either. He said, " if you ever find a house that is perfectly square, call me"  After that I discovered that good carpenters are also good magicians, they make flaws disappear

Nah...PAINTERS can always cover up for  Carpenters.   Without Carpenters, painters might be out of work.  

When diagonals are equal, the item is square all around only if the opposite sides are equal length.

 

Edited September 5, 20169 yr by kmealy

I have occasionally used the rear brackets for the slides and basically LAID them on a small ledger board (if you have the depth). That way they float freely at the back end.