Handles..... Little Somethings For Home.... Part 5

Handles are very very important when it comes to selecting what type of a door or drawer set you want. There are many type of door knobs, handles and pulls ranging from ancient to modern high tech looking fashionable ones. A handle or finger grip is often formed as an integral part of door or drawer. However, there are numerous ready made fittings to choose from. Although they are essentially functional pieces of hardware, handles can enhance or spoil the appearance of storage furniture, so select them carefully to suit the style and scale of the work piece.

Cabinet handles

The classic cabinet drawer handle is suspended in a variety of forms including the distinctive swan neck handle and the stronger plate handle. 

Drop handles

A single teardrop shaped grip or decorative ring is suspended from the centre of a drop handle back plate. This type of handle is used for lightweight doors and small drawers.

Ring pulls

This is similar in construction to a drop handle but the ring always hangs from the top of the backing plate.

Flush handles

A pivoted ring or D shaped handle lies flush with a thick solid backing plate that is recessed into the drawer front and fixed with countersunk wood screws.

Drawer pulls

One piece pressed metal drawer pulls were originally used on military chests and similar handles are to be found on numerous Victorian drawer fronts. They provide a firm grip on heavy drawers.

Door and drawer knobs

Traditional rounded door and drawer knobs are made from wood, metal, ceramic and glass in a variety of sizes to suit storage ranging from wardrobes to collectors’ cabinets. Modern style knobs are often made from plastic. The method of attachment may be a screw that projects from the back of the knob or alternatively, an ordinary woodscrew or machine screw passed through a hole in the wood into the knob.

Sliding door handles

Circular or rectangular recessed finger grips are made from wood, metal or plastic for gluing into sliding doors. 

Glass door handles

Small handles can be clamped to the edge of a hinged glass door. Holes are drilled in sliding doors to accommodate circular recessed handles.

D handles

These slim metal, plastic or wooden handles suit simple modern furniture. They are usually made with threaded inserts in each end to accommodate small machine screws.

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