Installing Handles On Cabinet Doors

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Installing handles on cabinet doors.

Make installing knobs and pulls a breeze with make installing knobs and pulls a breeze with the align right cabinet hardware mounting kit. When it comes to installing cabinet door handles either knobs or pulls they are always placed on the opposite side from the door hinges. Use a tape measure to find center of the cabinet door frame and mark with pencil. We needed to determine the length that we wanted them to be based on the thickness of our specific cabinet doors.

This kit includes door and drawer templates as well as a 3 16 in. Our specific knobs came with snap off screws. Slip the template over the edge of the door or drawer front position it where you want it and drill the hole. Thread the knob or handle onto the screw s.

Install the knobs and pulls the knob hardware itself is held in place on the front of the door while the screws are inserted into the hole in the door from the back. Simply mark drill and then attach new cabinet hardware. The ideal template for installing door handles and drawer pulls is made from two pieces of 1 4 inch plywood attached to a wooden core to form a u shape. Install hardware higher on the lowest drawer most drawer pulls are centered on the drawer fronts but if the cabinet you re working on has two or three drawers the same size and one larger one at the bottom install the bottom knob or pull higher than the center of that drawer front.

Install it so all the knobs on the cabinet are spaced evenly. Install new cabinet handles insert the fastening screw s through the backside of the hole. The hubs used two sets of pliers to wiggle and snap the screws off at the correct point for the cabinet pulls we used the same kind of method. Anywhere within this range will work as it is based on personal preference.

Line crosshair up with the hole in the jig then mark the hole where you will pre drill. You ll specifically want to place them anywhere between 1 and 4 from the top or bottom edge of the door. More product details close. Cabinet hardware jig adjustable punch locator tool drill guide template wood drilling doweling for installation of handles knobs on doors and drawer pull with storage bag 4 2 out of 5 stars 385 17 99 17.