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mjgood91 t1_ix8w725 wrote

Sure! If I were you, I'd pick up a circular saw, pop off the back of the drawer, cut the drawer down to size at the rear now that it doesn't have the back installed, and reinstall the back onto the now shortened drawer.

You may also need screwdrivers for removing the back, or if it was nailed a crowbar or hammer with a claw on it for prying it open.

Definitely drill pilot holes into the drawer edges before you try screwing the back of the drawer back onto the shortened drawer. You can drill pilot holes with a rotary drill and some drill bits.

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MissPhantoms OP t1_ix8xote wrote

Thank you for help! So I don't think any screws were used when they installed the back piece of the drawer because they used something called a dovetail joint. Would this change anything or would I just have to drill new holes?

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mjgood91 t1_ix8z5in wrote

That does change things a bit, but only marginally so. You obviously aren't going to be able to create a new dovetail joint, unless you have a lot of time and patience and also get a jigsaw. A better route to go would be just buying some wood screws, and drilling pilot holes and running screws through some of the teeth of the back board into the edges of the drawer. Make sure you account for the board sticking out the back instead of being flush with your edge boards in your measurements.

Other thing you could do is just pick up a new board to use as the back instead of one with teeth in it, but the teeth shouldn't give a problem.

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