Originally Posted by
Peter Quinn
I hear you, it will be pretty slick to run them in from the back on an island. In my case they were being let into a wainscot type wooden back splash, so they had to be accessible, they dropped in horizontally in the middle of the field of each panel, species matched to the panels, butternut IIR. I had my doubts, but it looked pretty good, nearly invisible. Most expensive plug covers I've ever seen on a T&M basis! Its going to be dicey business to do the double rabbit required so the receptacles come up flush enough to be useful, doesn't leave much material thickness wise, decora is a little easier than the traditional two socket type with the little bridge in the middle, hardest part IIR was getting a radius pattern bit small enough to match the decora corners. I think I used something slightly larger and tuned them in with a few files. PIA. For a starting point I just glued up a quick 1/2" MDF template right around a decora receptacle, four pieces, two matching the width, two longer strips making the length, 20 minutes in clamps, gives you the basic hole pattern, jig saw for the rough hole, 1/2" pattern mortising bits and 1/4" spiral carbide flush trim bit to tune up the corners, hardest part was nailing the corners, doesn't take much to make um look sloppy and loose the sleek decora look....PDAMHIK.