I think I mentioned that Quinn Sheep moved out to UCSC. What I didn't mention was that Samuel Sheep took over Q's old bedroom quicker than a fart moves through a vacuum. Which means we've finally got a space we can make into a proper, grown-up guest room. We started with repairing the walls and going through the usual color selection process...there were a LOT of pin holes to fill.
The most interesting part of the makeover was the closet doors. I started with a coat of paint, but what we really wanted to do was change the hardware.
This is a picture of the new door "pull" from the back. I need to cut a recess into each door for the pull to mount into.
The first step it to make a template from plywood. I drew a rectangle and used a 5/8" Forstner bit to drill appropriately radiused holes in each corner; the edge of each hole just touches the perimeter of the rectangle.
After minor adjustment with a file the pull is a perfect fit:
The next step is to trim the plywood template so that the hole is precisely in the middle. This is important for avoiding mistakes when aligning the template on the closet door.
I used the hand held router to gouge out the recess in each door. This wouldn't work very well with anything other than a solid door...
After installation and re-hanging doors....I did the doors at Cameron Sheep's bedroom closet at the same time.
This is how the new guest room came out. We still need to get some artwork hung in here...
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