Tuesday, 25 February 2014
Sunday, 23 February 2014
How to measure drawer slides
When making a new set of cabinets, or just modifying an old
one, you will probably need to measure the drawers for new drawer slides.
There
are so many shapes of drawer slides and each with their own measurement for the
drawer to fit properly.
The do it yourself handyman could determine for drawer
slides with just a tape measure, paper and pencil.
1. Open up
the drawer of an old one cabinet and take it off to gain access to the face
frame. The face frame is basically the wood on the front of the cabinet that
the cabinet gates mount upon.
2. Keep a
tape measure from the drawer opening and measure the cabinet's depth as well.
The tape has to extend from the backside of the cabinet to the inside of the
cabinet's face frame.
This is the immense depth that your drawer hardware could
be. Most of the drawer slides are created to work within 1/2 inch of this measurement.
3. Evaluate
the height of the cabinet rough opening. Most drawer slides required at least
of 1/4 inch lower the drawer and 1 inch on top of the drawer. If ordering for
new drawers, the cabinet supplier will require this dimension.
4. Ensure
the specifications for the drawer hardware that you are using for exact
dimension needs.
Tuesday, 18 February 2014
Lets Put Hinges on New Doors in the Easy and Simple Way
If you are
hanging new doors off old frames, you would probably have to cut or mortise new
hinges off the gate. New doors, also called door blanks, have got level sides
without any accessible hinge places.
This design permits you to keep the hinges
anywhere you would like on the door entrance to match exists frames.
You could put
away some money when building a home for buying door blanks and cutting the
hinge mortises from yourself. You could do it with a chisel and hammer.
(1)
Transfer the hinge places through the door frame and if your frame already has
got hinge mortises, stand the door inside the frame as if it were already
installed in the frame.
Use a pencil to mark the hinge mortise places on the
door blank. Take off the door through the frame. If neither the frame nor the
door has got hinge mortises, then leave out this step.
(2) Set
the door off its own side, with the inside edge of the door exact where the
hinges would go facing up, on the behalf of stable surface, for instance a work
bench.
(3) Keep
the hinge plate in the cutout tracing.
If it does not fit flat, use the chisel
to scrape and cut the bottom, sides or corners of the tracing until or unless
the plate fits level in the tracing. Tap the plate in the cutout with a hammer
if you require it.
(4) Screw
the hinge precisely in the cutout while using a cordless gun and 1 inch screws.
Courtesy:
Door Hinges
Tuesday, 11 February 2014
Replace drawer slides before you take the drawer apart
Replacing the cabinet drawer slides is not difficult any more and with very ease, anyone can do it. If taking out a drawers have become a feat of super strength, it is just a matter of time before you drag the face right off the drawers or bust it up by usage all your body weight to push it back in.
The problem almost certainly comes from worn out slides. This occurs
to silverware drawers, for instances, actually they support a large number of
weight.
To fix the dilemma, put back the drawer slides with ones that are the similar size or almost the exact size as the ones you have got now. This job could be challenging:
To fix the dilemma, put back the drawer slides with ones that are the similar size or almost the exact size as the ones you have got now. This job could be challenging:
It requires unscrewing the older ones and screwing on the new
ones, but it could be hard to reach and see screws that are far within an installed
cabinet. However, if the screw holes on the new slides do not line up precisely
with the old ones, drill showed holes before driving the screws.
Home centers take not very big variety of drawer slides, but still you could find a wide range of drawer slides suppliers online. There are few different kinds, for instances side, center or under-mount with numerous working methods.
Home centers take not very big variety of drawer slides, but still you could find a wide range of drawer slides suppliers online. There are few different kinds, for instances side, center or under-mount with numerous working methods.
Less costly alternatives normally
have plastic roller wheels that can run along with a track, while the pricier ball
bearing slides usually glide smoother and take more weight, and few offer a
self closing alternative.
Monday, 10 February 2014
A Complete Guide to the Plastic Films - Detailed Information (Photos Included)
Its 2014, by the latest trends, fashion mags, blogs and news, we can clearly see where the world is moving towards; Customers seem to love material like leather and plastics and the reason is the ease and feel it gives. I have written about the stated material various times and i still am receiving the emails in which people want to know about how this works and the insight. I don't mind to write about it again so in this blog, i am going to write the detailed info about the pvc films and hope that this will add something to your previous knowledge.
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| source: gucci.com |
Transparent films are made up of PVC material and they are
heavily used in many different industries. Mostly in pharmaceuticals and
packaging industries.
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| source (parada.com) |
It depends on softness and thickness that which sort of
material is to be used in which purpose, for example if we want for pharmacy
packing of capsules and tablets use then for its packaging we need rigid film
which is harder then soft pvc film.
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| source: versace.com |
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| source: versace.com |
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| source: versace.com |
Then on further uses, for packaging it is soft material and
has lesser thickness and also it is not rigid, it has different varieties like
normal clear sheet and super clear sheet, which defines itself through its
name, and then the composite film which is made up from layers of transparent
film, its thickness is very much as compared to soft film, because it is used
for cold storage panel, so that coldness doesn’t come out if workers has a
passage and we cannot have a hard door installed there, then we go for this
film so that we can pass by without closing and opening.
The use of this plastic material is getting increased day by day and many developed countries like USA and
Australia are also emerging towards the use of this material. If you talk about brands such as parada, Gucci or Versace. All these brands are moving towards the manufacturing of products that are not only stylish but also eco-friendly.
So if you are a fan of these brands, then you better try the plastic material made products now.
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