The Home Improvement Ninja

The Home Improvement Ninja's battle to the death against his 100 year old townhouse. Currently, it's looking like they are evenly matched.

Thursday, June 04, 2009

Finishing touches.

Well, after two years of awkwardly opening and closing the doors on my kitchen cabinets, I decided on the right handle and put them on. It didn't really take me two years to decide on the handles, I just had more important things going on in my life and kitchen door handles were pretty low on the queue. These were installed when my Dad visited recently. They look great because we used a "jig", not because either of us is obsessive compulsive.



Here is a "jig" that you use to make sure all the holes for the handles are drilled in the same place. You can make one pretty easilly, putting the holes where you need them. We made this out of scrap wood.













This is how you use it...perfect every time.














And here is the finished product.

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6 Comments:

At 5:41 PM, Blogger Jamie said...

Cool. I call that kind of thing a template. Which I know is wrong and outs me as not really a carpenter, but to me a "jig" will always be something a short Irish man dances. Anyway I'm not really a carpenter.

I was lazy on mine. There was only one hole for my pulls, so I just stuck a square on both sides and drew a cross where i wanted to drill.

 
At 9:16 PM, Anonymous geos said...

nice tip

 
At 8:34 AM, Anonymous Liquid Roof said...

Very nice tips. Thanks for sharing. The thing which attracts me is the finishing touch. It really attracts me.

 
At 9:28 AM, Anonymous Cabinet Giant said...

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At 8:12 AM, Blogger HomeImprovementNinja said...

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At 8:42 PM, Anonymous Panel Clips said...

Nice tutorial, thanks for sharing. I thing jigs and templates like this can be very helpful and can speed up a project greatly. Based on those pics, I would say your jig worked pretty well.

 

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