Once the weather warmed up I was able to go outside to spray the drawer fronts.
This is the back that will be screwed up to the drawer and so it will never be seen again. So here is your last chance. It’s quilted maple veneer.

I used it because it was big and i had a lot of it and I wasn’t sure that I’d ever use it so now some is gone.
I can’t believe that I never took a picture of the drawers being sprayed. But, here they are installed. on the drawers.
The 5 drawer cabinet in the back of the island.

The 3 drawer cabinet in the island. These drawers required book matching veneer on each of the drawers.

The 4 drawer to the right of the island and left of the range.

The 4 drawer cabinet to the right of the range.

The cabinet to the right still doesn’t have drawers made.
The 3 drawer cabinet beside the refrigerator.

19 drawer fronts all installed. The top drawer is the same size on all cabinets with the exception of the 5 drawer cabinet. The 4 drawer cabinet have all drawers the same size. The 3 drawer cabinets have drawers of approx 7”, 10” and 12”.
So now I made a jig to drill the holes for the drawer pulls.

The jig is mounted on top of the drawer front and centered on the drawer.

All drilling is from the front.
The drawer handles are made to match the cabinet and drawer fronts. They are Yellow Birch heart wood for the mount and sapwood for the handle.

These drawer pulls are like the pulls that Darrell Peart is using on his cabinets that he posted here on LumberJocks.
I asked Darrell about the pulls and he referred me to James Krenov
The pulls are shown on one of his cabinets in this video.
Smitty also posted this on LumberJocks and he had the pulls that I liked.
Here is a piece made by Bibb
So I made the pulls. They are 1 1/8” high 1 1/4” wide and 13/16” thick. The rod between them is 7/16” and was cut with a doweling jig. I thought I’d posted it before but couldn’t find it so I guess I’ll have to make a new post or review.
The pulls had a pilot holes drilled in the back with the same hole spacing as the drawer front spacing. The jig that I used to drill the holes also Set the spacing for the mount blocks.
The first one mounted.

I ratchet drill to put in the hex head screws.

Drilling the holes in the drawer fronts.

The 5 drawer cabinet in the back of the island.

The 3 drawer cabinet.

And the 4 drawer cabinet.

The 4 drawer cabinet to the right of the range.

The drawer pull up close.

19 drawer pulls installed.
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30 comments so far
PurpLev
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posted 128 days ago
This is sacrilege, quilted maple gone missing… lol. luckily the fronts make up for it :) looks great! love the wooden hardware.
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lew
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posted 128 days ago
The cabinets came out beautifully, Karson!!
Bet the Mrs. is happy to be using her new kitchen.
Lew
Workbench_Warrior
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posted 128 days ago
Quilted maple veneer covered up say it ain’t so Karson! As I said before great work and unique as well, you sure can’t buy drawers with unseen quilted maple veneer lol.
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Karson
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posted 128 days ago
She is definitelly happy to be able to open the drawers. She usually just left them open and walked around them. She said that a couple of times she grabbed the sides of the drawer to pull them open and then remembered that she now had a drawer pull.
Pavlov was right again.
For those of you who have never heard of Pavlov do a search for Pavlov’s dog.
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Russel
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posted 128 days ago
Beautiful drawers. And, I’ll add my dismay to the quilted maple on the backs. I’m guessing the Mrs. is rather pleased.
-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.
spanky46
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posted 128 days ago
Very very nice Karson! Your skill shows!
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Karson
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posted 128 days ago
Thanks guys. I appreciate it.
There were 32 sheets of that veneer in the flitch. I used maybe 8 – 10 and they had some cracks that would have been hard to join or patch. Don’t worry about the missing veneer, I’ve got lots more of that stuff.
This came in a package that had around 700 sq ft of maple veneer. I used around 30 Sq Ft.
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depictureboy
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posted 128 days ago
those are really nice karson…someday maybe my wife will let me build her stuff.
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SCOTSMAN
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posted 128 days ago
I like your cabinetry also found the JK video very moving especially when he talked of his wife he reminded me of my father in law.A truly wonderful simplistic ideology I love that.Thanks for posting .Alistair
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dustyal
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posted 128 days ago
... okay… very nicely done… but how can you find anything in those 19 drawers? I have a little wet bar with 5 drawers and 3 doors… can’t find a thing on first try. lol Thanks for bringing the fronts and the jigs to our meeting show and tell… they really look good finished with the drawer pulls in place.
-- Al H.
Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 128 days ago
Beautiful!
But your going to end up with a stiff neck looking at the quilted maple.<(:O}#
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Karson
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posted 128 days ago
Al I use “1” silverware. Top drawer, I let her worry about the others.
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patron
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posted 128 days ago
exelent work ,karson .
i can’t believe how much work you did,
while i took a nap !
thats why you are the master .
-- david ,new mexico ,allheart
griff
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posted 128 days ago
Great looking cabinets Karson, Very good build.
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Napaman
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posted 128 days ago
very nice….
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bowyer
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posted 128 days ago
Wonderful Job Karson!! Those pulls are very sharp
Rick
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grizzman
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posted 128 days ago
i think i would want to pull the drawers out just to look at the maple…...very nice job..its just beautiful…i hope your not planning on moving again…i saw the last kitchen work you did, and you sold the house…...dont know if i could have done that…....great job karson…..grizzman
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Karson
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posted 128 days ago
Thanks for the compliments. But my best critic and support like it also.
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grizzman
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posted 127 days ago
hey there karson..i think i noticed alot of finger prints on that microwave…and a orange under one cabinet…you better get to cleaning now that the wood work is done….har…...i just love the cabinets..grizzman
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Karson
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posted 127 days ago
The job is not done. I still need to make 3 drawers, 4 drawer fronts, 2 doors for the sink, and all of the upper cabinets. This corner still looks a lot like this except the counter top is there.
The base board still needs to be installed. I hope that keeps the oranges out from under the cabinets.
The only upper cabinet that has been made is this one. I made it so that I could check my measurements.
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Beginningwoodworker
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posted 127 days ago
Looks nice Karson.
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cabinetmaster
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posted 127 days ago
Wow. Great looking pulls. Your doing a fantastic job. I noticed that you used leg levelers under the cabinets. I used them too when I had my cabinet shop. Makes for easy install and leveling. Keep up the great work.
-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps
MedicKen
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posted 127 days ago
Very nice karson!! Hopefully you get all the oranges out before the base goes on. If not i am sure you know when one is left, the odor should give it away. I really like the wooden pulls.
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woodbutcher
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posted 127 days ago
Karson,
Absolutely beautiful work here! Have they turned the rhythm up on that pace maker? Man you’re moving right along. I appreciated your links in the blog, I think? I’m trying to figure out how many dowels I’d have to make to ever pay for that doweling cutter set. I especially like the wall cabinet. That is going to be one more masterpiece when you’re done with the kitchen. Keep on keeping on friend.
Sincerely,
Ken McGinnis
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woodworm
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posted 127 days ago
Really very very beautiful. The shape of the frame, the pegs and the drawer pulls – love ‘em so much.
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Karson
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posted 127 days ago
Jerry: the leg levilers were a suggestion from Lee Jesberger. We were in his shop for the LumberJock picnic last year and I was asking about kitchen cabinets. He turned me on to the European style of cabinets instead of face-frame. and also use the leg levilers so you can get 2 more sides out of a sheet of plywood. The sides are 30” insteead of 34” long.
I thank him for that suggestion.
And i thank everyone for the well wishes.
I’ll be glad when this project is done. my wife told me no more projects until my kitchen is done.
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Karson
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posted 127 days ago
Ken you know that you can’t put a return price on a tool purchase. Once the tool has been bought and used it’s paid for itself.
In this case, I don’t think I could ever buy Yellow Birch Dowels in sapwood. I’d have to make them by hand. Wait a minute I did make them by hand.
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Grumpy
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posted 123 days ago
Karson, you are one clever fella. well done.
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lance
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posted 122 days ago
Hi Karson,
Really beautiful and the handles are a great touch – really sets them apart from other kitchen cabinets. The video was quite enjoyable.
Have a great day,
Bob
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posted 108 days ago
Once again you have made me move this to my favorites folder. Great work…..
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