I cut a whole set of drawer fronts an inch too short last month

I was in my shop working on a maple dresser, and I set my stop block wrong on the miter saw. I didn't catch it until I had cut all eight fronts. I ended up gluing and clamping a new piece of maple to the bottom of each one, then re-cutting them to the right size. It added a full day to the job. Has anyone else had to fix a batch of bad cuts like that, and what did you do?

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johnson.nora1mo ago

Honestly that sounds like a pretty clean fix. You just added some material and recut them, it's not like you ruined the wood. I've seen way worse saves in my shop. At least maple glues up nice and you didn't have to scrap the whole set.

sullivan.quinn11d ago

Double down on that fix and call it a repair story instead of a mistake. @lilyt23 knows the drill with those oak strips, a little glue and patience goes a long way. Mapleglues cleaner than walnut in my experience, leaves less of a line when you recut. You probably ended up with tighter grain joints than the original cuts anyway.

lilyt231mo ago

Ugh, been there. I once glued a whole stack of oak strips back together after a router mishap. @johnson.nora is right, at least it's a fixable mistake and not firewood.

jake_sullivan1mo ago

Totally get it. I once spent an entire afternoon piecing together a walnut board I'd split with a bad saw cut.