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Shop-Made Pull

By: Woodsmith staff
Want a new look for your shop cabinets and projects? With just a little time and some scrap wood, you can make all the pulls you need.

When it’s time to choose drawer or door pulls for a project, there’s an option that’s often overlooked. Rather than buy something off the shelf or order from a catalog, save the cash and make you own pulls. Shop-made pulls have some neat advantages. I like the fact that you’re not limited to what’s commercially available. When the work stays in the shop, you can better match the style, size, and wood of the pull to the project. You use up some scrap wood and get unique-looking, custom pulls out of the bargain. So to get you started, here’s the step-by-step process for an easy-to-make pull.

The real key to making this “cutout” pull is doing things in the right order. I started by laying out the pulls on an extra-wide blank and drilling pairs of holes. You’ll get two pulls from each section.

After ripping the blank down the center, the cutouts are completed by removing the waste between the holes on the band saw.

Then, before cutting the individual pulls from the blanks, you’ll want to bevel the sides on the table saw, as shown in the drawing.

Published: Jan. 28, 2016
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