Thanks for the reply.

I really don't want to buy the drill press to finish this up. I have
seen the $39 press at HF. I'd rather wait and buy one I really like
later on when I have the $$.

I have made a template, but there is almost no room for error or play
when aligning. If the skew is off by even a 1/64" the face of the bail
pull won't lay flat against the drawer front.

I know my limitiations at this point, and know that this is not the
correct choice for me on this project.

Thanks again.


Chris


On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 04:41:46 GMT, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 23:38:50 GMT, (chris Bodnar)
brought forth from the murky depths:

Important to know up front, I don't have a drill press.

$39.99 at Harbor Fright on sale every couple months.


OK here's my problem. Finished my first mission style chest of
drawers. Got the following bail pulls from Paxton hardware.

http://www.paxtonhardware.com/Pulls/...s/Mission.html

I love the look, but I've never tried to mount one of these before.
After 3 sets of holes in one of my drawer fronts I still can't get it
accurate enough to be acceptable. Looks like I would need a drill

_What_ is not accurate?

Are you laying out/marking the screw holes? (That is imperative!)
I noticed that the screw holes are on 2 different centers in the
pulls you chose. You could also make a template for marking and
pre-punching the holes.

Are you using a brad-point bit centered on the + for each hole?
(If you use standard metal bits they'll creep on you every time.)

HFT has $5 magnifiers which strap on the head which give old eyes a
better view for little things like this. I just picked one up last
week.



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