DRAWER AND DOOR PULLS.
Figure 9.
Figure 10.
Figure 11.Pulls generally consist of two parts, the handle and the plate to which the handle is fastened. Some pulls are stationary as in [Figures 9], [10], while in others the handle swings from either one or two points, [Figures 11], [12], [13]. In this case the handle may be made by taking a rod as great in diameter as the thickest part of the handle, and either drawing it out by hammering or filing it down to the required taper. After it is tapered to the required size as at [Figures 14], it is then bent into shape according to the design. If the handle is to swing from one or two points, it should be fastened by any one of the following methods.
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Plate 10.
Plate 11.
Plate 12.
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Method 1. If it is possible to have the handle support go through the drawer or door, the support may be made from a piece of square rod of the length desired, a hole being drilled through one end, the size needed, as at Figure 15[Figure 15], A. A shoulder is then made by filing the rod down to the size of the hole in the plate. In making the shoulder the remainder of the rod which is to go through the drawer front may be left square or filed round; as the hole is round that is drilled to receive it, this last is the better way. It is also easier to fasten it on the inside of the drawer when it is made in this way, for it may be simply headed up as in making a rivet, Figure 15 B, or a thread may be cut and a nut used, Figure 15 C, D. The latter method is better where taps and dies are at hand. When it is fastened by riveting, a circular or square piece of metal called a washer, Figure 15 E, a little larger in diameter than the bolt, with a hole the size of the bolt, is placed next to the drawer front on the inside; this makes the riveting more secure.
Figure 15.
Method 2. Another method for fastening this style of a handle is to cut a slot through the plate about 1/16 inch wide and length called for by the design, [Figure 16 A]. Then take a strip of copper in length 7 times the diameter of the handle end and as wide as the slot in the plate is long, [Figure 16 B]. This is then bent circular a little larger in diameter than the end of handle as at [Figure 16 C], and placed in the slot as at [Figure 16 D], and clinched on the back of the plate as at [Figure 16 E]. The plate is in this case fastened to the drawer or door by nailing or riveting.
Figure 16.
Method 3. When it is desirable to make the plate and handle support all in one piece, it may be done in any one of three ways. First. By allowing enough metal in the center of the plate to form the handle support as at [Figure 12]. Second. By allowing metal at the top of the plate to bend over handle as at [Figure 11]. Third. By allowing metal at the sides to be turned up at right angles to the plate to form the support as at [Figure 13]. In this case holes are drilled in the side pieces and a rivet is put through from one side to the other to hold the handle. For this one the handle must be either bent around the rivet or drilled to receive the rivet. In all three of these cases the plate is fastened to the door or drawer by nailing or riveting.