A client's comment about my drawer pulls made me rethink my whole process

I was finishing a kitchen for a client in Charlotte, and she pointed out that all the drawer pulls on the island were about a quarter inch off from each other. She said, 'It's the small things you feel every day.' I used to just eyeball them, but now I make a simple jig from scrap plywood to mark every single hole. It adds maybe ten minutes to the job but saves so much headache. Anyone else have a small tip that fixed a big annoyance?

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wadea532mo ago

That plywood jig is a game changer. I started using painter's tape to mark my drill spots on long runs of cabinets. You just put one strip along the top edge, mark every hole with a sharpie, and it keeps everything lined up perfectly. It takes two minutes and saves you from that sinking feeling when one pull is just slightly off.

spencer_sanchez672mo ago

Man, that sinking feeling is the absolute worst, isn't it?

john4302mo ago

Oh man, I totally get that. I used to just eyeball it and hope for the best (which, let's be honest, never really worked out). That tape trick is honestly brilliant, such a simple fix for a problem that used to drive me crazy. It completely changed how I set up for those jobs now. I wish I'd learned it years ago.