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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 9:39 am 
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Several months ago I shared a design idea for bent lamination dresser pulls. I have some process and results photos to share.

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I begin by creating templates, bending form and shop sawn veneers of cherry and curly maple.

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The veneers are glued up using weldwood plastic resin glue and a vacuum press.

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The laminations are scraped, sanded and jointed on one edge.

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I created a curved support jig for cross cutting the bent laminations. It comes in handy for scraping and sanding the inside of the curved pieces too.

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The pulls are then ripped to width


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The pulls will be attached to the drawer fronts with contrasting walnut dowels and a flat long grain surface. A curved jig is used at the table saw to trim away the ends of the curved pieces to create the flat surface needed for attaching the pulls.

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Once the pieces are cut to dimension I drill ¼” holes for the dowels. A fence and stop block ensures accurate repetitive drilling.

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The ends of the pulls are rounded over using a disc sander.
With all the parts pre sanded the pulls are glued to the drawer faces.
I am satisfied with the end results and have achieved the look and functionality I envisioned. I created two sizes of these pulls. A narrow 7/8” single dowel and a wider 1 ½” double dowel version. The 7/8” version is shown below on what will be the drawer faces for the convertible changing table I built years ago.


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Yhanks for looking.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 11:36 am 
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Nice work! Thanks for sharing the progress photos.

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Fantastic work!


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