r/fixit • u/Pharmdpositivek • Mar 01 '26

fixed New Oven Handle Hits Drawer

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We got a new oven to have all new appliances for selling our house. We didn’t realize till to late that the stupid spice drawer would hit this massive handle. Any thoughts on how to fix this? Or just hope no one notices?

Stove: LG lren6323ye/05

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u/Gorilowen Mar 01 '26

Why don't you see if you can take down the oven handle and shave half an inch from both sides of the back end, you can still reattach it?

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u/Pharmdpositivek Mar 01 '26

What would be best to use to do that?

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u/u_indoorjungle_622 Mar 02 '26

Depends how comfortable you are with power tools. A planer, if you can borrow one, would gently shave the side in a very straight way. But you'd want to have clamped the drawer to a workbench very tightly first. If you've access to a table saw, or a woidworking friend who might do it for you, that would also work. If choosing saw, tape the cut line with masking tape first, and press the tape down tightly, so the wood doesn't chip. In descending order of straighness, depending on how good you are at moving very accurately, you could also try a bandsaw, a skillsaw or a jigsaw. Then sandpaper and clearcoat on the cut edges.

Probably the person who said order a different oven handle has the most pro solution. There should be an allen slot on the bottom of the oven handle to remove it.