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12:37 am
October 21, 2010
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I am looking for cabinet pull ideas.
Anyone willing to share your favorite designs, tips techniques Etc.
12:50 am
May 22, 2010
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I have always liked gentle curves like nature on my cabinet hardware. Leaves work well, some animal bodies work well like lizards and snakes. If using a leaf design, use the branches as your handle and the leaf as the end detail, or ... wow, there are just so many different ideas it's pretty hard to decide. lol.
What would go well with the area you are working with? That's really the best determinate of what to put there.
Hope this help you out. :dance:
Brad Roland :hot:
1:06 am
October 21, 2010
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Thanks for the ideas. I have a couple of applications for the pulls or handles.
I would just like to stretch my meager knowledge base when it comes to pulls and handles. Such as Ideas for attaching them to the cabinets whether it be tapping them out or welding on a short peice of round stock and so forth.
4:27 am
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November 8, 2010
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You can upset a blob like Sam's nail there. Instead of tapering the shank, run a threading die down the shaft, otherwise you need to weld on a stud. Can't use a bolt since the head will interfere with the mounting, unless you relieve the wood facing.
Somewhere I have some photos of pulls I made under my 100 lb kinyon air hammer. The short of it is: upset a 2" long cylinder blank into a thick washer (~1/2" thick). This gives you a blob head to forge dimples on and a short shank that you can then drill and tap for a stud. If you ask most guys, I don't know if you could, or should do them for less than 20 to 25 bucks ea. Alot of labor goes into the tapping and threading.
Good luck~
They only remember you when you SCREW UP~!!!
11:13 pm
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April 19, 2010
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Here is a simple drawer pull swedge I made from a hammer bit. I fits in my hardy hole. It is for 1/2" round stock.I think I put a piece of about 1 1/4" in it and wail away with my 8# maul.Throw a bunch of the blanks in a little propane forge and move right along. You can,of course,do anything you want to decorate the head. Make sure and buy bottom taps that will go all the way to bottom of the hole and VERY careful to not snap the tap off.Yes-I have done it several times.
5:16 am
October 21, 2010
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Thanks Eric, this information is very helpful and will get me going. I appreciate the pictures! Do you have tips for making handles as well?
6:00 am
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April 19, 2010
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Go to :"Steve's Smithing Tips" right here on this site. He has a nice article on drawer handles showing how to make a jig for the repetitive sloping bends.
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March 22, 2011
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Is this an appropriate post?
I wasn't aware that the NWBA was a free marketing venue for businesses...
as always
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