Pulling Bow out of drawer front

[Craig Meaney]

Hi all,

I am building a small drawer for my dutch tool chest. The drawer front has a slight bow, so I'm wondering if I can glue/clamp the front of the drawer bottom in the groove on the back of the drawer front to pull out the bow without issue? I would then elongate the hole through which I screw the bottom into the back. I know what's typical is to leave some room for expansion in the groove of the drawer front. The bottom is Douglas fir. Let me know your thoughts, thanks in advance.

[Jamie Buxton]

Yes, the drawer bottom can be used to straighten the drawer front.

[Richard Coers]

If you aren't working to get a sequential grain match, I'd pitch that one and make a new one.

[Craig Meaney]

thanks I did that it worked well.