Glued up a face frame out of square last Tuesday

I was in my shop in Cleveland working on a cherry kitchen job. Had the whole frame clamped and forgot to check the diagonals before the glue set. Ended up having to run it through the tablesaw with a sled to square it up, lost about 3/8 inch off one stile. Has anyone else had to fix a frame after the glue dried?

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ray3242mo ago

Ha, "thrown that frame across the shop" is exactly what I would've done too. Did the same thing on a maple cabinet door frame last year, had to shave a full half inch off one side with the sled and it looked fine after, but man did I feel dumb for a week. Cherry's brutal to waste, so you made the right call.

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gonzalez.grant2mo ago

Three eighths? Dude, I would have thrown that frame across the shop. I once had to recut a whole stile on a walnut frame because I was off by a sixteenth and it was already staring me in the face. Bet that cherry was not cheap either. At least you caught it before it went on the job site.

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