That worked out just fine, thank goodness. Then we could just tighten the hardware to hold them in place so they were nice and level. But instead I just drilled the corresponding holes in the door a bit longer (you know, taller?) to account for the crookedness. If Hobby Lobby weren’t on the other side of town (good news, we just heard one is coming closer to us in October) I would’ve driven back and exchanged the two bad ones. Notice how the holes on the right handle are perfectly centered? And the right hole on the left one kinda looks wonky, like it’s raising an eyebrow? But it was only after drilling them that I noticed not all of the handles were perfect. Luckily all of my holes came out perfectly. Once the holes were made in my guide, it also made it easy to flip the piece of paper over and use it on the opposite cabinet door (ensuring perfectly symmetrical placement). Maybe I should’ve splurged the $3 or so to buy the little plastic hardware guides that a lot of you mentioned from various places (Ikea even had one), but this actually ended up working really well (and I wasn’t sure the Ikea one would work with non-Ikea handles). I used the crease in the paper to line it up consistently for each handle and some tape to hold it in place while I screwed through it to create guide holes.
First, I figured out that my holes needed to be 6.25″ and 9.25″ in from the edge if I wanted it to be centered (which is why I drew those two vertical lines), and we decided we wanted the handles to be placed 2.5″ down from the top of the door (so I added that horizontal line 2.5″ down from the top fold). So I triple-measured and even made myself a little guide out of card stock. They’re black glass handles that were originally $9, but Hobby Lobby (aka Schlobby Bobby) was having one of those perpetual 50% off sales, so they were $4.50 a pop instead.Īs I mentioned here, I was a bit nervous about installing them, since it was up to me to make sure they were all centered and level (Sherry + measuring = meltdown). Thank you.So as much as you guys gushed over our temporary string handles for our new Effektiv file cabinet (note: this is sarcasm), we did scoop up some actual hardware that we much prefer. With 1.165 Million unique readers in 2020 alone I am not always able to answer each and every question personally, but I do try. As always, please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for reading and for sharing my posts. To read more about the testing methodology for nearly all test results reported on this blog, click here.
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More products from Hobby Lobby that I have tested.Some additional reading that may be of interest:
Test results are science-based, accurate and replicable. Tests are repeated multiple times on each component to confirm the results. Testing is done with the same instrumentation used by the Consumer Product Safety Commission to test consumer goods for Lead (and other toxicants), when screening for safety (including screening items intended for use by children to make sure they fall within acceptable levels.) All tests are done for a minimum of 60 seconds unless otherwise noted. “Tamara, tell me more about this testing…” When tested with an XRF instrument the ceramic drawer pull / cabinet knob pictured here (with a yellow floral vine pattern, purchased at Hobby Lobby) had the following readings: #1) Yellow and orange flower (main component)
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