Making The World Better - the Old Fashioned Way

Hi Folks,

After getting more sunburned mowing, I decided it was time to do an indoor project.

I dumped the contents of the computer desk ( my son's old desk from adolescence) onto my bed. As Capt. Marko Ramius- in Hunt for Red October said,"When he reached the New World, Cortez burned his ships. As a result, his men were well motivated"

I knew I had to fix the desk or in defeat load the contents back in the drawer and put up with the broken drawer slides another day.

Now, The desk has served well - holding scores of model paint bottles and over the years 5 1/4 and later 3 1/2 inch floppy disks, but as one slide had broken in half, the drawer could only be opede an inch or 2 before it would fall in your lap - NOT HANDY.

SO today was the day!

What to use? pine would most certainly crack under the 4 countersunk screws. But OAK - yes

that would be the ticket.

Good neighbor Warren Schulz left some oak pieces from a sawmill project, presumably for my fireplace - or woodstove, but some of the pieces seemmed TOO GOOD to just burn, So I set out to cut strips - without wormholes. Finally I cut about 6 that seemed as possibilities to 1" x 1".

Then measuring them against the drawer- 5/8 inch high, and the same thick. 

I cut 4 then chose the best 2  and using the old plastic slide, drilled the pilot holes for the screws.

Then countersunk those holes and took them upstairs to mount. The drawer DID NOT FIT!

TOO TIGHT! (better that too loose!)

Off they came, and one saw kerf off each side, and PERFECT FIT!

An old desk has bee renewed, and now the table saw is ready to go to the Daughter and Son-in--law's for a few weeks to help on their house!