FITTING CABINET HANDLES - Simple DIY JIG

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Жыл бұрын

Getting handles and knobs fitted to your cabinets... it's a high stake game! Fortunately with a bit of planning and a handy jig you can get it right every time, (almost).
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@stum8374 Жыл бұрын

Don't worry Tim,me and dad put a brick fireplace in our last house and it was only after the cement set we found out a brick on the very first layer was wrong way round-smooth side to rear instead of front ! mum never let him forget it 😂😂😂 great looking back when neither are with us.

@freddieleethompson3536 Жыл бұрын

If at first you don’t succeed, get Jo to laugh at you.

@TheRestorationCouple Жыл бұрын

💯😂👍

@annaviola3392 Жыл бұрын

The most DIY shoes of significance I’ve ever seen Rosa. 💕

@ARG.Carp1 Жыл бұрын

Ohhh nooo.. handle-less for the win! One thing we've found with the Cobham blue is it shows up kids handprints etc very well. Warm soapy water and towel dry and it'll be perfect again 😁

@TheRestorationCouple Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips!

@BunkerMentality Жыл бұрын

For my fridge surround (an LG American style fridge, with DIY kitchens 900 top box) I used 18mm thick fillers on either the side of the fridge (giving me verticals to end the plinth against) and 22mm thick fillers either side of the top box. This gave me a fridge opening of 908mm, which is exactly the width I needed. I mitred the 22mm filler around the top and bottom of the top box as well, just to make it look neat.

@TheRestorationCouple Жыл бұрын

Yep that’s the route I’m looking at. Should have enough spare plinth that I can use at front to match colour and some other 18mm ply behind to pack out. 👍

@BunkerMentality Жыл бұрын

It is annoying that no one seems to discuss this issue anywhere (that I could find) and you’re just left to work it out. Worse still, I couldn’t even plan ahead easily because the width I got from the LG website was 917mm, but it was actually the doors that were the widest point. So I only needed an opening of 907mm. To get a 917mm opening would have involved a more convoluted collection of fillers and I’d have still ended up with small gaps down the sides, so I’m glad it worked out how it did.

@Ajwatters Жыл бұрын

Awesome work again, might be going for the blue and copper in my next kitchen. Looks very sophisticated with the blue ceilings.

@AndrewLumsden Жыл бұрын

Great choice of the copper coloured handles against the blue cabinets, looks very good. Yes, Kreg do make a door handle jig, as I discovered after my kitchen fitter had put the handles on my new kitchen last year. And probably best to have used the same size handles for both drawers and doors! Once again, Jo's laugh is so infectious! 😂😂

@hallga2 Жыл бұрын

Nice colour blue!

@TheRestorationCouple Жыл бұрын

It really is! 👍

@richardfearn6638 Жыл бұрын

Soooo satisfying peeling off protective covering film

@Clothis64 Жыл бұрын

These copper handles match perfectly with the color of the furniture. Very good choice! 👍

@jonclark9290 Жыл бұрын

Tim, I felt for you when you made the error. We\ have all been there. As an old colleague of mine once said "Whenever you try and make something idiot proof you just end up making a better quality of idiot!" Keep up the great work.

@shauncoathupe5703 Жыл бұрын

If the DIY kitchen doors are anything like Howdens, on the inside of them there might be small dents for where to drill through for standard size handles, made it much easier for when i had a few doors to do! Loving the build👏

@cjsutcliffe Жыл бұрын

Make sure there’s a decent air gap above the fridge, they do run hot. To my eye it looks like you could squeeze a wine rack in below the top box to fill the gap.

@TheRestorationCouple Жыл бұрын

Certainly space for something. Top box only half depth so plenty of void above. 👍

@garyhollywell2112 Жыл бұрын

Your Dog reminds me so much of the Lab I had....just always needed to be in the action and preferably in my Pocket! Great Vlog and great to see the progress.

@johnstockwell9457 Жыл бұрын

Kitchen fitting advice from Australia, 2x 18 mm wall end panels works a treat 👍👍

@nicksimmons7234 Жыл бұрын

Nice choice of handles, we''ve got a gloss blue kitchen and the same handles arriving tomorrow or Saturday from DIY Kitchens.

@JasGawera Жыл бұрын

I did a very similar jig when I did my kitchen, and used tape to cover the wrong holes too. Though I chose knobs to reduce complexity and measuring :) I clamped it with a backer block in each position too to prevent breakout on the back. I didn't have any plastic on my doors. On the island I have pan drawers either side of a slim drawer, I set the handles at different heights to keep them central to the rail or drawer face. Looks nice and symmetrical. For the fridge, We went with a 1000 top box and have

@HAelec1 Жыл бұрын

Usually would use a 1000mm bridging unit over a 900 fridge then paint the wall behind black

@felixreali7101 Жыл бұрын

Love the handles. look absolutely amazing. And, Tim, I'm with you on that mistake. that would have killed me. that would have ruined my week. but, like Jo says, you gotta laugh...grudgingly... 😊

@Bridgfordcontracts Жыл бұрын

Excellent video showing a simple solution to the always fun handle attachment. With regards to the bridging unit. I agree that 2 x 18mm end panels should give you the perfect gap to then allow the F/F to sit neatly below. When we have fitted within housings before we’ve used a 1000mm bridging into which then gives you a nice shadow gap around the F/F. I think the 2 end panels will see you right though. 👌🏻💪🏻

@TheRestorationCouple Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Hopefully the 18mm will do it. Hadn’t realised the fridges would be over 900mm to be honest.

@Bridgfordcontracts Жыл бұрын

@@TheRestorationCouple it does sound weird…I can’t remember a toe where we’ve had one larger than 900mm

@BillsCountrysideAdventures Жыл бұрын

Great video, I did laugh with the holes, kind of thing I'd do. But the plastic jigs are brilliant for handles.

@54mgtf22 Жыл бұрын

Love your work 👍

@stevenbennett3922 Жыл бұрын

Great colour combination.

@dougsaunders8109 Жыл бұрын

I was thinking put tape over hole you don’t need for the handle you are currently fitting. 👍🏻 The ‘copper’ and blue work very well together

@noelkealey Жыл бұрын

Maybe recess LED lights around the gap and make a wine rack for the space between the press and fridge. I believe they make them 900 to suit in built fridges. You may need to request the oversized to suit American style fridges.

@Renovation-Dan Жыл бұрын

So many times I’ve experienced that nervous laugh after I’ve messed something up and my other half doesn’t know what to do or say 😂 4:44

@SteveHainesCounsellor Жыл бұрын

I'd lift the fridge up Tim. 👍😊

@webpigjohn4959 Жыл бұрын

Oh Tim you are human 😂.. we've all messed up. Remember if you can get the wife to do it 😂

@TheRestorationCouple Жыл бұрын

😂😂

@chriscardwell3495 Жыл бұрын

You can also use kitchen door handles for other things . . . I use one for managing the wiring in a computer rack Have also used two to locate equipment in a precise position but the equipment can still be easily moved.

@bobw9297 Жыл бұрын

I put in wine slots above my fridge,

@jonnyluff33 Жыл бұрын

DIY kitchens would have made the cupboard any size you need. I have a cupboard that's 365mm deep so I could lose a gap. Looking good anyway and you will not go wrong with DIY kitchens mine is 7 years old and as good as the day I fitted it.

@nathanlucas6465 Жыл бұрын

Hafele do a fully adjustable handle jig. I've used it on 2 kitchen installs, and it's fairly foolproof. It's not idiot proof though - it didn't stop me drilling the holes on the hinge side of the door

@ewanbruce7026 Жыл бұрын

Yup - know that one! Had to replace the door! I now put a piece of masking tape on the corner of each door where the handle is to go. Also helps for getting the right corner if you lay the door flat to drill. Especially when you're doing several doors and someone interrupts you part way....

@richardstevenson2727 Жыл бұрын

👍

@HenryOCarmichaelSmith Жыл бұрын

Anywhere there is an exposed side of a unit would normally have an end panel to match the drawer/door fronts even if it's not particularly visible.

@dl625 Жыл бұрын

Well done for not even saying “crumpets”!😂

@dannymurphy1779 Жыл бұрын

Just a couple of questions about making the jig. How did you cut it to exactly the rail width, was it bandsaw or circ saw and router say??? Also how did you get the centre points of the handles ie did you put the handle on the centre line and physically mark??? Did you drill the holes out on a a drill press??? I guess a dowel pin would work for registering the circles. I think because you have done so many it has become second nature but there are a few core woodworking skills at play here.

@TheRestorationCouple Жыл бұрын

Just scrap but on the mitre saw then measured centres with a steel rule. No need to use anything other than a handheld drill on thin MDF but might have if 18mm to keep square. 👍

@robertjones6649 Жыл бұрын

Tim/Jo. What was the name of the company that you got the kitchen units from?

@TheRestorationCouple Жыл бұрын

DIY kitchens 👍

@stevebutterworth1937 Жыл бұрын

Do you need to vent above the fridges 🤷‍♂️? Great choice with the copper handles on that blue👍🏻

@TheRestorationCouple Жыл бұрын

Air gap all up the back and underneath so should be ok. Top box is only half depth. 👍

@jillculpepper6940 Жыл бұрын

How much will 1 litre of primer cover?

@paulydee2103 Жыл бұрын

Good of you to leave that hiccup in, could have easily lost it in the edit and we’d be none the wiser! Does go to show though, no matter how much experience and how careful you try to be, sometimes things just don’t go to plan and you need to be agile to get the solution.

@darrenbutterworth807 Жыл бұрын

One tip to stop the jig moving after drilling the first hole is to stick one of the handle screws through, therefore holding it in exactly the right place whilst you drill the second hole.

@rncharrison Жыл бұрын

By the looks of it you’ve sharpened his pencil at least 3 times in the past 😉.

@ridgmont61 Жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t worry about the short handles being used - I jigsawed out a sink from a bespoke worktop precisely 30mm in the wrong location meaning it didn’t fit into the cupboard below. Only cost £600 to fix!

@TheRestorationCouple Жыл бұрын

😳 I’m doing the sink today!

@ridgmont61 Жыл бұрын

@@TheRestorationCouple Just make sure you have the worktop the correct way around (I had the back at the front. Your kitchen is looking good - life will be a lot simpler when in.

@chrisstewart2279 Жыл бұрын

The kitchen looks great but the hands will be a nightmare I have the same hands and almost every time you get to close to them they catch on your pockets and you end up pulling the door or drawer open or you rip your pocket You will learn this in your own time But they do look good

@TheRestorationCouple Жыл бұрын

Naked chef never had those problems! Just setting worktop overhang today so may bring it out a little more then.

@T8RTU Жыл бұрын

Don’t cook naked… you don’t know what you might catch in the handles 😂

@jasonfranklin4088 Жыл бұрын

Guys, you both look tired and DIY'd up to the eyeballs, and rightly so. Take a break and come back rejuvenated with a fresh set of eyes. I understand you're keen to move your lovely family on site permanently and it will be nice to not have the rented accommodation (I'm assuming) outgoings. I also understand this is probably a significant income stream but none of that is worth running yourselves into the ground, your health is more important. Love your videos.

@danielscullion3422 Жыл бұрын

I’m sure off camera the air was as blue as the cabinet.🤣😂🤣🤣

@stevenbennett3922 Жыл бұрын

Doh! Whose idea was it to film this. You had one job. At least you didn't name it like I would have done and it would not have been a good one.

@nicholasfoley1896 Жыл бұрын

Be careful of the fridge as it is a free standing unit it needs air circulation around it. Do not box it in

@williamwales6619 Жыл бұрын

Another potential banana skin averted namely the Handles. AH hate that job. My missus is the kind that never forgets and every time we have a tiff that subject is always broached..Your lucky Jo appears to be the under standing type. By the way Quip of the week.When sharpening your pencil"It's been a long time since i sharpened a pencil at school". No comment Required .