I've put off this cry for advice because of embarassment. I can't seem to think of anything but bad solutions.
I carefully adapted a Fine Woodworking article "Build a Bow-Front Table" by Charles Durfee into making a pair of bedside tables.(The first photo shows a detail of this plan.)
Just before the glue up I got busy for several months and didn't work on the project. When I got back to work I was in a hurry to glue up and didn't measure all diagonals.
The photos show 2 disasters: The second photo shows the table front with the drawer partially in place.The curved front is made from one piece of cherry resawn into 1/8" laminates, then glued around a form. The drawer front is then sawn from the middle and each end are front aprons. The third photo is a top view showing 2 problems. The drawer wasn't glued square, and the drawer rails are glued so the left rail extends 1/2" beyond the other side. The forth photo shows this more clearly. The curved stretcher in front under the drawer is dovetailed into the drawer rails and curved to be a drawer stop.
I plan to saw a 1/2" piece out of the left rail. I would probably also saw the left side of the front stretcher also. Since these pieces don't show I can screw and glue pieces alongside to reattach. I'm trying to avoid sawing the mortise and tenon joint between the left apron and the table leg. But I don't know how to proceed after this. I will also have to take apart the drawer and make new sides.
Thanks for even reading this involved explanation. Does anyone have any suggestions to salvage this beautiful table or is this firewood?
Cherry table plan.jpgCherry table front view.jpgCherry table with drawer.jpgCherry table top view (1).jpg