Read more on PRF CA, East Palo Alto Go to FIXA seriesVideo Playback Not Supported When installing cabinet handles and knobs on doors and drawers, the screw holes need to all be drilled the same, so the hardware will align properly. The best way to do this is to make a simple jig from a scrap of plywood with strips attached to the jig to act as stops for the top and edge of the door. Hold the jig in place on the cabinet door, and drill the aligned holes through it. For doors which are hung on the opposite side, position the jig on back of the door, hold or clamp a scrap of wood or plywood on the front to prevent tear out, and drill the holes in the door from the inside. Watch this video to find out more. How to Replace the Hardware on Your Kitchen Cabinets (video) How to Install Kitchen Cabinet Doors (video) How to Adjust Concealed Kitchen Cabinet Hinges (video) How to Fix a Stripped Wooden Cabinet Knob (video) When installing new hardware in cabinet doors, it’s important to drill the holes accurately so the handles not only line up, but also align with all the other doors and the other handles.
You don’t want them all out of line. So the trick is to use a jig – a drilling jig. You can find plastic jigs like this; but this one is only good for marking the holes, not drilling, so I prefer to make my own. This is just a simple drilling jig made out of a 1/2” plywood block and some stops. These are 1” wide stops that I glued and screwed to the back. Now, I can just hold it in place. These holes that I drilled earlier line up perfectly with the holes on my handle. And now I’m just going to drill straight through the jig and right through the door. That’s all there is to it, and see these holes line up perfectly with the handle. Now, the nice thing about using a jig like this is that you ordinarily have to drill a lot of holes because there are several doors, and the jig allows you to not only do it quickly but accurately. Videos You May Like Replacing Kitchen Cabinet Hardware Kokeena: Real Wood Ready-Made Cabinet Doors for IKEA AKURUM Kitchens
There are a lot of good reasons to go with an IKEA kitchen if you're remodeling, most notably the good price and modern design. However, if you're not thrilled with IKEA's door front options, there is a compromise: Kokeena, based in Portland, Oregon, offers real wood ready-made doors specially made to fit IKEA cabinets! Like Semihandmade (the company Faith worked with for her IKEA kitchen renovation), Kokeena offers ready-made doors in five finishes that'll fit IKEA's AKURUM cabinet system. All doors come pre-bored and ready to install. Kokeena's 5 Ready-Made Options The Standard, a slab door made of Rift White Oak with a natural finish: "Rift sawn oak (white oak in this case) reveals a gorgeous grain that will cause you to rethink your assumptions about oak. With a natural finish this door can be the centerpiece of a modern kitchen." The Minimalist, a slab door door with modern white paint: "A modern door that looks gorgeous but lets other elements of your design take center stage."
The Craftsman, a panel door made of Clear Vertical Grain Fir in a natural finish: "It works well in a variety of kitchens from true Craftsman-style period kitchens to ultra modern 'grain + stainless' kitchens." Modern English, a panel door in Folkstone paint: "Combine it with stainless appliances, dark counters and a glass tile backsplash and you've got a modernist design that fits right into a traditional English or Colonial-style home." The Modernist, a slab door in Plain Sawn Walnut with a natural finish: "Combine it with high-gloss white accents and you've got something special that you'll go into your kitchen just to look at. Your friends won't soon forget your Walnut kitchen." Kokeena also offers custom doors if you need more options. Their custom door package lets you choose the door template (slab or panel), the paint color, or wood type (13 options available, all sustainably harvested) and stain (all low or no VOC). Visit the Website → Kokeena The website makes it easy to contact Kokeena for a price quote.
Just tell them about your project and they'll follow up with instructions for how to share your kitchen plan with them. I think the company is fairly new, so if you have experience working with Kokeena, please share your thoughts here!Welcome to SEKTION - IKEA's kitchen system. The frames, the doors, the hinges, the drawers - everything. All designed to give you the freedom to create the kitchen that’s perfect for your life, your home, your style and your budget. Get ready to set those kitchen dreams free. Tips to get started: Use our 4-step guide to buying a kitchen. Ready to plan your kitchen? Use the IKEA Kitchen planner Ready to place your order online? Our SEKTION kitchen system comes with a FREE 25 year warranty.Learn more about our warranty What's included in the linear foot price? See all our Kitchen services Find more information about AKURUM Read our 4-step how to buy a kitchen guide Go directly to the IKEA Home planner and start planning your dream kitchen.
Here you’ll find our IKEA Home planner and information on our complete range of kitchen products and services. Our kitchen brochure is one of your best sources for ideas and information. Plus it gives you an overview of our whole kitchen range. Our three buying guides have detailed information about ourYou'll be able to compare products and choose exactly what you need for your kitchen. Cabinets, fronts, organizers, knobs and handles buying guide | Countertops, sinks and faucets buying guide | Free five year limited warranty See all pre-cut laminate and solid wood countertops See more doorsSee more wall storage You can take it with you, but you don't have to! You can do it yourself, but you don’t have to! We have everything you need to build the perfect set-up.Here's an interesting design challenge that extends beyond the design of the object you're trying to get into people's homes: Imagine you and your team have designed your thing, whatever it may be, and have engineered the parts to be manufacturable.
Now you have to design an additional line of objects that people can use to assemble the initial object with complete precision.That's the challenge faced by companies like Häfele, Hettich and Blum, as the fittings they devise in their respective studios must be physically installed at the end-user's location by a legion of independent tradespeople. While Ikea handles this by using simple designs, knockdown screws, cam nuts and black-and-white illustrations that any idjit can follow, the fixtures by the previous three companies—just look at Blum's Legrabox, for instance—require ultra-precise assembly by a professional in order to function properly. And because most European cabinetry is made from melamine-covered particle board, there's no margin for error: Holes must be drilled perfectly perpendicular and at the correct depth on the very first try, as there's no patching up marred laminate and shredded screw holes.So we found Blum's side booth at Holz-Handwerk pretty fascinating, since it was aimed not at consumers or designers but at the tool-toting tradespeople who will be installing Blum's designs in their own clients' homes.
Blum has produced a line of drilling machines, assembly rigs and clever jigs, along with CG videos, that tradesfolk can use to get everything together. And these assembly devices, which will never be seen by the general public, are all beautifully designed in their own right. Here's their drilling jig for installing cabinet door dampers, either into the edge of the cabinet wall or affixed to the side of it:This jig for drilling mounting plates uses a simple trick that carpenters who've ever drilled holes for shelf pins will recognize: A metal pin, placed into the first hole, ensures the second will be precisely spaced.This wicked object used for drilling a wide, offset hole for a servo-drive switch caught our eye, as it's got a built-in clamp and a Forstner bit:On the more diverse end of the scale, their adjustable Universal Drilling Template has a multitude of applications, and looks so cool that I wanted one without even knowing what it did:While these simple jigs above are all things that can be carried around in a toolbox