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Do you have a project or projects you have built that have details you would change if you where to build it all over again? I'd like to hear about them or see them if you do. I’ll start by sharing mine.

A few years ago I built a dresser for my son and wanted to incorporate a unique pull design. The inlaid pulls look nice but aren't very practical. They are difficult to grasp and opening the drawer with one hand is nearly impossible due to the tension of the full extension drawer slides.





I will be building dressers for my daughters soon and will not be using this pull design again. This time I will create one large pull that can easily be grasped with one hand. I considered a recessed finger grab as wooden hardware can be prone to breaking. The pulls will have to be strong and durable, yet deliver that “craftsman flair” I’m looking for.

I have decided on this bent lamination design attached with contrasting dowel pins and long grain to long grain glue up.

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Dewayne

I'm afraid I don't have enough bandwidth to upload photos of those kind of projects, DeWayne! (grin) But let's face it ... it's all a learning experience, right?

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The bases of this table are curved torsion boxes with veneered surfaces. That worked well, but the veneering was unnecessarily difficult and not as good as it could have been. If I were to do it again, I would veneer a piece of 1/8" (or even thinner) birch ply, then apply the veneered ply to the face of the torsion boxes. It would be a whole lot easier to manage in the vacuum press and would almost certainly give better results.

Well, no one else said it so I will.....

My shop would be bigger.

Rog

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tools and beer, the rest I just wasted.

Positively, absolutely no more furniture base molding that glues cross grain to the sides of the cabinet. Ogee feet with molding glued to feet only, not the sides of the cabinet.

No more tongue and groove cabinet doors.....haunch tenon only!

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I see this is a pinch grip ? Not easy. However I do like the design. Could you drill a finger hole in each pull? Just a thought.
Take care