Post by feather on Jan 16, 2016 1:09:40 GMT
In my kitchen (30+ years old), there are drawers.
The drawers have had the strips of copper that have a roller on the end, fall off, come loose and bend.
There are two strips attached on each side on the bottom of each drawer, 2 strips per drawer.
There are little nails at the front and little nails at the back of each strip. Over the years the nails work their way out, usually the back one first. After the back nail comes out, in using the drawer, the weight of the drawer bends the strip a little. When I try to reattach with a little nail the back of the strip, the strip is already a little bent and won't easily sit flat.
Is there a best way to bend them back, to flatten them, as they are slightly bowed. I have 6 drawers to fix.
The shape of the copper strip is an "L", one side of the L sits flat on the bottom of the drawer, the other side of the L sits flat against the overhanging side of the drawer, about 3/8ths of an inch for each side of the L.
Ideas?
The drawers have had the strips of copper that have a roller on the end, fall off, come loose and bend.
There are two strips attached on each side on the bottom of each drawer, 2 strips per drawer.
There are little nails at the front and little nails at the back of each strip. Over the years the nails work their way out, usually the back one first. After the back nail comes out, in using the drawer, the weight of the drawer bends the strip a little. When I try to reattach with a little nail the back of the strip, the strip is already a little bent and won't easily sit flat.
Is there a best way to bend them back, to flatten them, as they are slightly bowed. I have 6 drawers to fix.
The shape of the copper strip is an "L", one side of the L sits flat on the bottom of the drawer, the other side of the L sits flat against the overhanging side of the drawer, about 3/8ths of an inch for each side of the L.
Ideas?
