I am building my first cabinet with drawers. I have a Robuo style workbench with flip up wheels I made in the fall and I am adding a cabinet to the bottom of it with drawers for storage. I assembled the cabinet and it came together pretty square. Placed the cabinet on the bottom of the workbench and then started on the drawers.
I did a test run with the 1st drawer following assembly and after the glue had completely dried. I set the drawer it in the cabinet and attempted to place the drawer slides next to it in order to confirm the fit. Turns out I made my first drawer too wide (I can only image your shock.) Since I had already glued the drawer together I shaved off one side of the drawer. Now it looks like I took off too much. As I said, the drawer is already glued together, but I did not yet attach the front. Everything is made out of 3/4" (19mm) 7 layer birch plywood.
I figure this is a "just take your medicine" kind of situation and I need to just rebuild the drawer. I thought before I did something (else) drastic I should ask for some advise. Is there a way to salvage this? If not any advise for attempt 2?
I tried using shims which didn't work out too well for me. Then I cut a strip about 1/16 on the table saw and tried to install the inner portion of the slide on top of that. That didn't work out well. The drawer was tight at the back and on one side of the drawer the inner slide popped out of the outer slide when I pulled the drawer out about half way.
I was thinking I could assemble the next attempt with pocket holes, confirm proper installation, and then take it apart and glue it. That way if I make it too big again I could just take the drawer apart, trim the necessary pieces, then reassemble and test again, repeat until it fits right, then glue up and reattach the inner rails to the holes I used previously to get a successful assembly.
Thought and ideas requested. Thanks in advance everyone.