Hello All,
I just finished installing my new kitchen cabinets and it’s time to put the door/drawer handles on and I’m done—-finally. I’m putting on handles and obviously they require two screws per handle, I was wondering if there was any kind of Jig or anyone had a good tip for marking the holes to be drilled for the handles. I know this probably sounds a little silly, but I’m standing here holding the handle on the cabinet door trying to think of the best way to transfer the hole layout on the handle, to the door. How would a pro do it? Thanks
Micky
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Lots of jigs out there, real time savers, or make your own. Got mine thru tool crib
I recently did a kitchen with abut a million drawers and doors.
I made a plexiglass jig with corners made of strips of plexiglass at right angles on the edge of a flat piece.
I then scribed X,Y axes on it, and drilled holes in the appropriate locations.
All I had to do was hold it on the corner of the door/drawer, and drill away.
By placing the strips on the squared up edge of the plastic, all I have to do is flip it over to use on the mirror image corner, or drawer.
Hope this makes sence.
I'll try to get a picture tomorrow.
Also, if I need different spacing, I just drill some different holes.
Stef
Would love to see a picture of that, thanks a bunch.
I'm not a cabinet guy and I've never installed cabinets or drawers or handle save the odd knob. however what I would probably do would be get a scrap block transfer the layout from the handles to the block. Then drill pilot holes, attach an apropriately spaced fence so the your jig aligns the holes where you want them to and you are basically set.
Fumble around in the cabinet hardware section at lowes or home depot. They have them there.
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Unless you have more than 15 drawers it's usually faster to measure them. You really have to do the math on one or two drawer fronts, and then the rest are just transferring measurements.
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Guys, really appreciate the input.
Mick
Mic
what I aiso do is slap up a piece of blue painters tape up before drilling holes just in case drill slips of of door and you dont scratch a $100 dollar + door also HD or LOWES has one of those cheap fixtures well worth the money ,
Measure twice drill once!!!!!!
Make two jigs, on for your doors and one for the drawers. Say you want your handles centered on the drawer face. Cut a piece of 1/4" ply or MDF wider and longer than the handle. Tack a strip of 3/4" stock to one edge so you can place the jig on top of the drawer. Scribe a centerline on the jig and drill holes corresponding to your handles. Use some 1-1/2" blue tape horizontally over the area the handle will go. Place the jig on the drawer face and center, and use a scratch awl to center-punch the holes. Take the jig off and drill the holes, using a back-up block in the box to prevent tearout. Doors are the same, but make a jig with corner blocks so you can slip it on a corner and centerpunch.
Mic,
You can make your own jig. or you can buy.
When you go to drill the doors, hold a block on the back of the door (while holding the jig to the front) to drill into after penetrating the door. This keeps the back of the hole from splintering. It also forces you to hold the door open, thus eliminating the possibility of drilling the wrong edge.
Use the block on the back of the drawer box too.
Breakaway screws are handy to have to deal with the difference in drawer box thickness.
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