Wanted: source for drawer pulls

Re: Wanted: source for drawer pulls

Dan Donaldson

>I don't know off the top of my head, but on the links page, there are a lot of links to hardware sources. One of them might have what you are looking for.

Shaker Exotique! Quaker A-Go-Go!

David Barnett

>Of course there are exceptions, but no, you don't often find cocobolo Shaker pulls. On the other hand, I've actually seen a basement bar in Massachusetts done in Faux Shaker (Formica) with a disco ball hanging overhead. Had this been intentionally 'camp', I might've not felt so disoriented.

Exotic wood detail on a Shaker sewing table does not offend me, however, and I'm not sure it would've been eschewed by all Shakers if such exotics had been readily available, but that's debatable. Mostly, Shakers jazzed up their furniture with a bit of figured wood, in two-tone, even.

Re: Shaker Exotique! Quaker A-Go-Go!

Mitch from NYC

>Thanks for your perspective. This sewing table isn't a replica, but rather a (mis)interpretation. The top, legs and carcass are hard maple and the drawer fronts are cherry. I want to use cocobolo or rosewood for the pulls because they make a nice contrast. I'll use the same stuff for pegs. Decorative? Yes. Authentic? No.

I got the idea from a sewing table made by Garrett Hack featured in "In the Shaker Style."

Like I said...

David Barnett

>doesn't bother me in the least. Authenticity has its place, obviously; in museums, whatever, and sometimes it's fun for its own sake. But give me Silicone Sally anyday.

Perhaps

Jim Reed @ Tallahassee

>you could use walnut. It is a good contrast to the maple and cherry and those are available. Try Rockler or some of the other suppliers. Good luck.

Re: Wanted: source for drawer pulls

Don Thompson - Cutler Ridge, Florida

>I don't want to go pull out a shaker book, but those pulls are turned, right? Maybe if you go cruise the Turning forum, you can find someone to a few for you. Got wood to trade? ;-)

turning pulls

Jack Guzman from Maine

>Mitch,turning knobs is really easy.If you don't have a lathe ,how about a drill press?Take a piece of coco or whatever,cut it to rough size,drill it and thread in a furniture screw,chuck it in the press and finish it.

I haven't tried this but it sounds reasonable to me.---Jack

Re: Wanted: source for drawer pulls

dave jeske

>contact me off line if you are interested in haveing some turned special for you to your dimensions.

dave

Re: turning pulls

Skip in Falls Church

>I've used a dril press to turn a few things the way you describe. It works okay - but I don't think I'd want to try and make bunch of identical pieces. One of the books I have has plans for turning a drill press into a vertical lathe. Some how I've just never gotten around to doing that.

If I really need a bunch of things turned I just send them out to my dad who is a turner. Turning might be fun and I think my wife would actually use a lathe as well. However, my shop space is so small I don't think I could shoehorn even a mini lathe into the space I have.

Skip

Re: turning pulls

dave jeske

>I used a DP before getting a small, used lathe at a garage sale. I made a "toolrest" by using the vrtical edge of a 90 degree, right angle corner of a box clamped to the table. A spindle gouge worked fairly well for most things but it was very tiring cocking your head to one side and twisting your body. I suspect you could just lay the DP on it's side if it didn't have an oil filled gearbox.

But since this the Hand Tools side, you coukld always make a small pole/tredle lathe that you could clamp to a bench when in use and store away somewhere when mot in use. No heavy motors, etc to lug around!

dave