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@twosheds Thanks for the suggestion, it steered me away from some making some bad decisions. After turning the chest on its side I can see that the bottom isn't cracked all the way through. As near...

That's a possibility I hadn't considered. I didn't describe the full damage - the front stile & rail has completely separated (about a 2cm gap). The top of the chest has a similar crack to the...

I built this chest for my daughter about 10 years ago. The bottom is glued into a rabbet in the side panels - removal isn't completely impossible but there's a good chance I would cause irreversible...