Cabinets, Furniture, Woodworks/antique dresser

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I have an antique dresser that doesn't appear to have any drawer slides or guides.  There is not even a guide in the middle.  The drawers are very hard to close because they tend to go in crooked. Is there a solution to this.  Thanks.


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Hi Debby, The simpliest solution to your problem just happens to be the cheapest and easiest.  Go grab a bar of bathroom soap and rub it along all the side edges and back edges and see if that doesn't do the trick for you.  You can also use beeswax or a beeswax candle.  Either method will do no harm to your antique.  Thanks for the question and good luck with your project.

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I can answer most questions, regarding, wood sculpture, wood carving, carving tools and accessories and different types of woods.I am not an appraiser of carvings nor an antique dealer.

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I do full design work, custom carving, restoration, fabrication, repair and refinishing. I can take a piece of raw wood and turn it into a work of art and I can help you do the same. I am "the" carving instructor for the new york city parks dept. I am heavily involved in carving on the internet and belong to many, many mail lists which are quite active. I am also an international promoter of woodcarving and am affiliated with many master carvers, notably nora hall, originally from holland, now in the U.S. and kalina pavlova, a bulgarian master carver. I routinely communicate with the top names in professional woodcarving nationally and internationally.

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the national association of woodcarvers. the woodcarvers of queens NY, the staten island woodcarvers. the northeast woodcarving association. the world wide carving internet list

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