On Fri, 19 Jul 2013 09:10:11 +0000 (UTC),
"Contrarian"<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I recently noticed that the doors on a pine bookshelf, a gift to me, bought at
> a certain BigBox store, do not meet.
>
> the gap is now at least 1/3 of an inch.
>
> Can the wood shrink that much?
>
>
Yes, they can. Probably a big gap to start with too.
In article <[email protected]>, Contrarian
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I recently noticed that the doors on a pine bookshelf, a gift to me, bought
> at
> a certain BigBox store, do not meet.
>
> the gap is now at least 1/3 of an inch.
>
> Can the wood shrink that much?
It can... Pick up a board stretcher and you should be able to get it
back to size.
--
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to
read. - Groucho Marx
On 7/19/2013 4:10 AM, Contrarian wrote:
> I recently noticed that the doors on a pine bookshelf, a gift to me, bought at
> a certain BigBox store, do not meet.
>
> the gap is now at least 1/3 of an inch.
>
> Can the wood shrink that much?
>
>
>
Likely a built in over compensation to insure that the doors do not
touch. If it has Euro hinges you can adjust that out pretty easily.
Ed Pawlowski <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Jul 2013 09:10:11 +0000 (UTC),
> "Contrarian"<[email protected]> inquired:
>> Can the wood shrink that much?
> Yes, they can. Probably a big gap to start with too.
there's a silver lining; I can just take the doors *off* and replace them with
lucite. and hide the sides with higher screens.