Need Suggestions on Installing Drawer Pulls

How do you want to place the pulls? On center vertically or at the same distance from the top of the drawer front?

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Normally, for best visual affect, your drawer pulls should be just a little above center line, horizontally. If they are centered, you get the illusion that they’re a bit low on the drawer front.

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You only get one shot at drilling the holes (unless its’ painted) so what I do is always make a template that hangs over the top and one side of the drawer. It doesn’t have to be pretty.
Then I take a scrap piece of mdf and mill it to the same dimensions as the drawer front and use the jig to drill the holes. If everything looks ok, I use the jig on the final piece.
It takes a lot of extra effort but if you have ever messed up on your real pieces before, you will do this everytime.
If you need more than one template, I will mark each one so I won’t mess up and use the wrong template. I also mark which way is up.
Buy a lot of MDF. Its’ cheap and useful.

Big (tall) drawers try about an inch above center. On short drawers try two inches down from the top.

Use a piece of cardboard to simulate the drawer front and you get multiple tries if you are in the design phase. Double stick tape it to the drawer and you have a decent mock up.

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I finished to handles with a template exactly the width of the drawer fronts and the pilot holes in it…

I maked the centerline on the drawer edges and clamped the template on center on both sides and I was set… I’ll post some pictures soon of the completed project.

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