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How do you line up the drawer knobs on a dresser?
I just finished a dresser with 4 drawers. Each drawer had two knobs on it to pull the drawer out. I spent hours measuring & placing the knobs so they would all line up beneath each other & at the same height on the drawer. It came out OK but I'm just wondering if there is an easier way to do this?
Thanks
Dennis
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Dennis, that's the way I done it on my last on.I just measured over about 6" and up to the middle of the drawer. Put a mark,drill a hole and add the knob.
Donny
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One thing I do when locating knobs is to put a brick in every drawer to make sure they are as they would be when loaded.
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On identical sized drawers where I want the knob spacing to be the same, I take some scrap plywood and make jigs for drilling the holes. It eliminates mistakes in measuring, marking and drilling.
I do the same for doors.
Ken
So much to learn, so little time.....
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A piece of peg-board with a scrap wood "fence" can make for a nice drawer handle/knob jig!
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+1, I use jigs wherever possible, I don't trust repeated measurements.Originally Posted by Ken Fitzgerald
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That's what I did recently when I added knobs to a knobless kitchen after I repainted the cainets.
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I have used Sommerfeld's tools for wood "the easy mark jig" for a complete kitchen drawers and doors call 888-228-9268. Jim Gerus
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This is the website for above post Jim
http://www.sommerfeldtools.com/
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I just mounted pulls on a dresser/linen cabinet yesterday with a new tool
Took me 10 minutes to go from deciding where to put them to having all the holes drilled perfectly. I didn't even need a pencil.
Goodbye shop built jigs, measuring twice, combo squares and horsing around.
http://www.amazon.com/True-Position-.../dp/B003E46SVO
-Steve
Last edited by Steve Griffin; 10-08-2010 at 10:59 AM.
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That's a great tool but crazy expensive. Maybe they can donate one for the tool giveaways?
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Yep, it really hurt to shell out so much for this. It's a very high quality product, and needs to be. But for the rest of my woodworking life I will never make a jig or pencil and tape measure or even set up a drill press for knobs.That's a great tool but crazy expensive. Maybe they can donate one for the tool giveaways?
You are right though, it's a perfect gift. It's just a delight to use.
-Steve
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I just load the drawers in the carcase and decide whether I'm going for 1 or 2 pulls and figure out center measurement if 1, or inset from end measure if 2. I lightly pencil those marks on the top edge of the top drawer and bottom edge of the bottom drawer and stretch a strip of tape up all the drawers from top to bottom roughly centered on those marks. Then I do a dark pencil line up the tape using a straightedge lined up on the top and bottom marks. To get the height on each drawer I lay the straightedge diagonally on the drawer corners and pencil lines onto the tape where the SE crosses the vertical line. Then I grab my birdcage awl to mark the drill center points and start drilling.
Use the fence Luke
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This jig works well, fast setup, durable and works for almost all situations I've run across. It flips over to go left or right.
I normally just use the jig to locate the centers with a tap of a turning bit then finish the bore "freehand" while holding (or clamping) a backer board to prevent blowout inside the door or drawer.
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Uh, for that much money that thing should drill and mount the hardware on its own. I seriously thought for 20 or 25 bucks that would be kind of a waste of money since a scrap piece of wood is free but it would be handy to have. I almost did a spit take all over my computer when the price came up.
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