Thanks for the good ideas. This is a top drawer. I've removed the drawer beneath with the hopes of removing the drawer slides of the offending drawer. No luck as they are side mounted. Looks like I am going to cut an access in the drawer bottom and start pulling stuff out until it will open.
By the way, she also managed to jam shut a drawer in an antique china cabinet. On that one, I'm going to ponder some more before cutting.
Larry
Seems your short on storage space. Or to many junk drawers. Or a wife thats short on "cause and effect"....
Mostly 2 and 3.
HMMMMM. This might be worse than I thought during my earlier post.
Cherry bomb?
RonB
Take your time pondering. The longer the drawer is out of commission the longer she has to ponder how it happened in the first place. Some whining and moaning & groaning on your part about ruining the drawer and/or needing to buy a new tool or three to fix it is also in order. Art
"Artemus" wrote
The Jaws of Life??
Mechanics telescoping magnet?
RE the china cabinet, maybe take the back off...
John
I still have to wonder whether you've given your hammer a fair chance at this problem? Don't be afraid to "shake things up" a bit. Good luck!
Bill
Y'know, we haven't asked you how far the drawer WILL open. If you can open it at least an inch or so, a distributor wrench will work for you.
-- If you're looking for the key to the Universe, I've got some good news and some bad news.
The bad news: There is no key to the Universe.
The good news: It was never locked. --Swami Beyondananda
What Bill said. I'd bang on the bottom of that drawer quite a bit before I'd resort to cutting. Is prying the back off possible?
Larry wrote in news:mtlop.13175$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfe08.iad:
Do you have a HF/Fein multitool? Maybe you should try cutting the drawer apart at the edges, and then the first post said something about wanting a new miter saw, so maybe you could find a "need" for it to repair the drawer?
:-)
Puckdropper
Kind of slow on the draw there buddy. In the first ten minutes, I'd have ripped the drawer front off in a failed attempt to fix the problem and 'needed' several tools to remedy the damage. And, I'd have made myself look good doing it.
At the minimum a $ 100.00 Granfors wrecking bar.
Remove all the drawers you can and any stuff accessible.
Turn the whole cabinet upside down and start banging around to dislodge the offending girdle.
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Thanks for the good ideas. This is a top drawer. I've removed the drawer beneath with the hopes of removing the drawer slides of the offending drawer. No luck as they are side mounted. Looks like I am going to cut an access in the drawer bottom and start pulling stuff out until it will open.
By the way, she also managed to jam shut a drawer in an antique china cabinet. On that one, I'm going to ponder some more before cutting.
Larry
"Upscale" wrote in news:yCCop.18590$ snipped-for-privacy@en-nntp-09.dc.easynews.com:
Yeah I know... Moments after I posted, I read the message that said the problem was solved.
Oh well...
Puckdropper
The $169 Gransfors Swedish Carving Axe is just what the doc ordered.
-- If you're looking for the key to the Universe, I've got some good news and some bad news.
The bad news: There is no key to the Universe.
The good news: It was never locked. --Swami Beyondananda
Ohh thatsa beauty alright.....
Now that's thinking "out of the box"!
I cheaped out and got this one (shown in cutaway) which stays in my truck.
The bad news: There is no key to the Universe.
The good news: It was never locked. --Swami Beyondananda
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