How To Make Wooden Drawer Pulls
Make sure these cuts are along the length of the tenon and that the tenons sides are staying parallel if anything err towards the side of making it thicker towards the pull.
How to make wooden drawer pulls. Two washers screwed on to overhang the edge help to position this piece of wood. Drawer pull detail A hole can be drilled into the handle and drawer a small wooden peg is inserted into a diagonally drilled hole to keep handle from sliding in any direction. First mark on the drawer where the holes will be drilled for the drawer pulls to ensure the pulls are installed evenly on each drawer.
Next some sanding to make them perfectly smooth. Use some ScotchBlue Painters tape for better precision. How to Make Wood Drawer Pulls Mid Century Modern Woodworking In this video I show you how to make Mid Century Modern style Wood Drawer and door pullsLin.
To assemble the pull place the dowel behind the wood slice and insert the carriage bolt through the drilled holes. Also be sure to wipe away any excess wood glue with a clean damp rag. Drilling through my guide for the holes.
Once the dowel has a block on each end lay it on a flat board so that your Easy DIY Wooden Drawer Pulls dry with the 2x2s flat and even with each other. I also drilled a hole in the board to make room for the protrusion from the lock. How to make 5 different styles of DIY Wooden Drawer Pulls.
I made a simple drill guide out of a scrap of hardwood. Any type of wood can be used for both parts. Using double-stick tape adhere the two 34- thick pull shape platform pieces face down to a scrap piece of 34 plywood or fiberboard.
With all of the parts cut out I glued on the standoffs with regular wood glue. A slightly more elegant design than the ones I made earlier. Some old wooden rulers can be also used as drawer pulls.