![]() ![]() Make it off to one side of the face of the 2×4. Using your table saw set to 45°, make a “V” channel the length of the 2×4. A PVC tubing cutter makes cutting the PVC easier but is not required.1/2″ or slightly smaller PVC or CPVC pipe.8-32 screws (length will depend on stand-off length and door thickness.8-32 tap & #29 drill bit (can be purchased as a pair). ![]() The following supplies & tools are needed to make the drawer/door handles: I think copper handles would give whatever your working on a great steampunk look. You can cut the conduit to any length desired, paint them any color, use larger diameter material, adjust the standoffs to whatever size you want or you could experiment with other materials, such as copper. Flexibility is also great with this design. If you were to leave the ends open or fill them with wood, glue or epoxy then your cost would drop to less than 50¢ per pull. If you use the supplied link for the caps each drawer pull comes out to be less than $1 each. One of the main benefits to my design is cost. ![]() I used to make the stand-offs out of the same electrical conduit as the pulls themselves, but I have found slightly undersized CPVC or PVC pipe to be much easier to work with. Plastic End Caps For Handles – the part# for the caps I used with 1/2″ tubing is C24-U2 – ad “BK” at the end of the part number for black caps – NOTE: that part number says 3/4″ caps, those are the correct ones for 1/2″ EMT and refer to the EMT’s outside diameter. Here is a link to where you can get the plugs for 1/2″ EMT electrical conduit. I have outfitted over 30 doors/drawers in my shop this way. I ended up purchasing end caps because I liked the finished look as well as I wanted to speed up the process. Either that or I’m trying to justify not screwing in a screw and calling it a pull. But If you can make your workflow more efficient it is one less thing to get distracted from. Will changing to a larger drawer pull afford you extra time in the shop? Absolutely not. I feel as though these are the little things, if quantified, that add up to many minutes (if not hours) wasted in the shop. I like going to grab for a door or drawer and having a large area in which to grasp from any direction. I not only like the look to this style of pull hardware, but I also like its full length design. Granted a lot of the “appliance style” pulls I have seen were either solid aluminum or stainless steel I couldn’t justify $15-25 each for hardware for my home and shop. My original reason to make them myself spawned from seeing the high costs to buy them pre-made. For the last few years I have been making my own cabinet pull hardware. ![]()
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