There actually is a very easy way to determine handle or knob placement on your doors. It's all based on the height of your top drawer. If your top drawer is 5 inches tall, you center the hardware at 2-1/2" inches. So now you know that the rest of your hardware will be started at 2-1/2" up or down on your doors. This way, if you have a bank of drawers next to a door, your top handles or knobs will all be on the same level. To make it clearer, if you have a 3 drawer base cabinet next to a 2 door base cabinet, your top drawer handle and the handles on the doors will be on the same plane.
The jig he uses would only be necessary if you were doing this professionally. It's close to $190. If you're putting pulls on 20 or so cabinets in your kitchen, pick up that plastic jig he showed - $9 at your orange box store, then use an Awl to mark your holes. Don't have an awl? Use a dart, ice pick, nail, pencil, welding tip, or anything else pointy... $9 rather than $190.
@@poetnk Um, don't know where you shop at it but Amazon sells it for $17.99 not the $190 you quoted. Search for "Cabinet Hardware Jig/Punch Locator Drill Guide Template Wood Drilling Dowelling for Installation of Handles, Knobs on Doors and Drawer Pull with Center Punch Cabinet Knobs Tool"
Jefferrey1 The Kreg jig is perfect for that. I used it for my diy bathroom vanity I built a few months ago. Perfect for 2-hole pulls and setting the right distance between them.
Shoot, I just took 2 pieces of wood made an L and place it where I want the hole :) 1 5/16 away from bottom and top and all will be the same distance and height .
That's true. If I moved into a house and saw the pulls off-center by half an inch, I'd just figure the previous homeowner had no clue what they were doing - SURPRISE it was Tom Silva!
I think it's such a waste to have a workshop in such a beautiful building! You're so lucky to have this but please convert it back to a living accommodation! I can imagine how breathtakingly stunning this place could be! Thank you for your very useful video!
Moran Guy it is definitely worth it to buy even a little plastic templates that they sell at Home Depot and Lowe's because they're only like $4 and they work pretty well but if you're going to do a lot of cabinets definitely the way to go is like that Kreg Jig that he showed or even the one that he claims he used because you can get an infinite number of settings where is if you buy the templates from Home Depot they only have three or four rows of holes and if your knob placement doesn't fit in one of those holes then you're screwed you have to choose one of the holes on the template.
What about this one? www.ez-level.com/Quick-Jig.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjwhuvlBRCeARIsAM720HqhXgsxSXluVmNr2NQcIgmrokF3_jOi2E8tjmEv-MPUpnFN9qxArV0aAng6EALw_wcB
www.amazon.com/Quick-Set-Drilling-Template-Installation-Accurate/dp/B07D8J8NKD/ref=sr_1_7?hvadid=326725343168&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9028276&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t1&hvqmt=b&hvrand=6885689584557709227&hvtargid=kwd-407664611196&keywords=true+position+cabinet+hardware+jig&qid=1556044150&s=gateway&sr=8-7 much cheaper for just one job.
Lee Valley sells Bushing so when you make your own jig you don't end up drill out the hole toomuch and have your bit start drilling at an angle. www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/hardware/jig-and-fixture-parts/40089-drill-guide-bushings also the insert www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/hardware/jig-and-fixture-parts/101378-drill-guide-insert It makes the template last through the job.
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There actually is a very easy way to determine handle or knob placement on your doors. It's all based on the height of your top drawer. If your top drawer is 5 inches tall, you center the hardware at 2-1/2" inches. So now you know that the rest of your hardware will be started at 2-1/2" up or down on your doors. This way, if you have a bank of drawers next to a door, your top handles or knobs will all be on the same level. To make it clearer, if you have a 3 drawer base cabinet next to a 2 door base cabinet, your top drawer handle and the handles on the doors will be on the same plane.
This is how I do it as well!
Love this dudes accent
In my mind, I had that exact (well, something pretty darn close) DIY jig in mind. I have plent of scrap wood to do it with and 17 knobs to install.
if using a store bought jig I put tape over the holes I am not using to ensure I don't mistake them for my intended holes
Good video from Brownsville Texas
Tom sound so patient and relevant
What if you are updating your hardware and need to use new locations? Is it possible to repair the old holes seamlessly?
Have been so needing this forever!
Very constructive, informative.
I love how he says drawer
Draw
What size drill bit should I use for most standard cabinet/draw pull screws/bolts?
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Can we get the product information on the jigs Tom uses?
The one that he uses is True Position Tools TP-1934 Hardware Jig
The jig he uses would only be necessary if you were doing this professionally. It's close to $190.
If you're putting pulls on 20 or so cabinets in your kitchen, pick up that plastic jig he showed - $9 at your orange box store, then use an Awl to mark your holes.
Don't have an awl? Use a dart, ice pick, nail, pencil, welding tip, or anything else pointy...
$9 rather than $190.
@@poetnk Um, don't know where you shop at it but Amazon sells it for $17.99 not the $190 you quoted. Search for "Cabinet Hardware Jig/Punch Locator Drill Guide Template Wood Drilling Dowelling for Installation of Handles, Knobs on Doors and Drawer Pull with Center Punch Cabinet Knobs Tool"
on those drawer pulls... yes it might look off. however if you have a flush style pull... centered is better.
But when you have a handle that needs two holes, how do you get the proper holes on the jig he made? How do you know exactly where to drill them?
Jefferrey1 The Kreg jig is perfect for that. I used it for my diy bathroom vanity I built a few months ago. Perfect for 2-hole pulls and setting the right distance between them.
You’re kidding, right?
You measure them onto your jig, and then drill them out.
Everything he showed has marking for 2 holes for bar style handles.
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HAha Tommy how did you know!!! Lol I was needing help!! Uh real truth teaching thank you!!!!
Nobody making a jig for door knobs... Let's dummy it down a bit for us common folks 😭🤣
Make sure you’re cabinet doors are all level before you start drilling.
Shoot, I just took 2 pieces of wood made an L and place it where I want the hole :) 1 5/16 away from bottom and top and all will be the same distance and height .
I would much rather the pulls BE centered than LOOK centered
B.Gilly that's because we KNOW they're centered.
That's true. If I moved into a house and saw the pulls off-center by half an inch, I'd just figure the previous homeowner had no clue what they were doing - SURPRISE it was Tom Silva!
No,it has to look right,it doesn't have to be right.
@@indewire well mine are centered and they also look right to me when I look at the cabinet.
🤣 true
Is there anything Tommy doesn't know?
How to correctly say drawer
Instructions for making that homemade jig anyone?
Jokes on you, none of my cabinets have any knobs or pulls
I think it's such a waste to have a workshop in such a beautiful building!
You're so lucky to have this but please convert it back to a living accommodation!
I can imagine how breathtakingly stunning this place could be!
Thank you for your very useful video!
now, I know . Thanks you
This is really nice but if you just need to drill one hole here and there I don't think it worth to buy the jig or to prepare one....
Moran Guy it is definitely worth it to buy even a little plastic templates that they sell at Home Depot and Lowe's because they're only like $4 and they work pretty well but if you're going to do a lot of cabinets definitely the way to go is like that Kreg Jig that he showed or even the one that he claims he used because you can get an infinite number of settings where is if you buy the templates from Home Depot they only have three or four rows of holes and if your knob placement doesn't fit in one of those holes then you're screwed you have to choose one of the holes on the template.
www.amazon.com/Quick-Set-Drilling-Template-Installation-Accurate/dp/B07D8J8NKD/ref=sr_1_7?hvadid=326725343168&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9028276&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t1&hvqmt=b&hvrand=6885689584557709227&hvtargid=kwd-407664611196&keywords=true+position+cabinet+hardware+jig&qid=1556044150&s=gateway&sr=8-7
I suppose if you just have a single standalone cabinet.
What's the name of the jig that tommy uses??
Coach2118 I tgink its the True Positioning TP-1934 Cabinet Hardware Jig. Im thinking of getting it. $189 on amazon
@@martinggalindo7125 Thats the one. Game changer, best on the market by miles. Lifetime bushing warranty too!
What about this one? www.ez-level.com/Quick-Jig.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjwhuvlBRCeARIsAM720HqhXgsxSXluVmNr2NQcIgmrokF3_jOi2E8tjmEv-MPUpnFN9qxArV0aAng6EALw_wcB
www.amazon.com/Quick-Set-Drilling-Template-Installation-Accurate/dp/B07D8J8NKD/ref=sr_1_7?hvadid=326725343168&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9028276&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t1&hvqmt=b&hvrand=6885689584557709227&hvtargid=kwd-407664611196&keywords=true+position+cabinet+hardware+jig&qid=1556044150&s=gateway&sr=8-7 much cheaper for just one job.
Wow Kevin, do you have to touch everything
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Did tell me how to make the draw at all ughhhhhhh😭😭
Lee Valley sells Bushing so when you make your own jig you don't end up drill out the hole toomuch and have your bit start drilling at an angle. www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/hardware/jig-and-fixture-parts/40089-drill-guide-bushings also the insert www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/hardware/jig-and-fixture-parts/101378-drill-guide-insert It makes the template last through the job.
This is great if you have a billion tools...
No you really just need a drill, something to measure with, and a pencil. If you want to get fancy you could make or buy a jig. Not many tools at all!