Cabinet Door Handle Upgrade

[Loneranger]

I have several projects that I should complete this winter and plan to post pictures and details but in the meantime I thought I would start with an easy one both to post and to perform.

I did not like the plastic handles on the cabinet doors. My boat has three of them. For a total of under $15 I bought 3 replacement cabinet door handles. I picked these up at Lowe's. I also replaced the packaged screws with stainless steel versions; both for the rust resistance and also the packaged screws were just a few millimeters too long. I suppose the boat doors are not as thick as typical kitchen cabinet doors.

In addition to the updated look, IMHO, the new handles also are a bit more functional as you can use them to hang things from now.

John

 

[Loneranger]

Oh if anyone wants or needs the old plastic ones give me an address and they are yours (assuming shipping is not too much).

 

[MonacoMike]

They look much better. That said we often need to move around the cabin underway or in rough seas, the shape would be sharp if one was pitched into it. I may worry to much. MM

 

[Loneranger]

They look much better. That said we often need to move around the cabin underway or in rough seas, the shape would be sharp if one was pitched into it. I may worry to much. MM

Funny, the original ones I picked out looked more like industrial instrument handles (just a rounded over bar of metal) but my wife liked these and the idea of being able to hang towels, etc on them. I'm not too worried.

http://search.digikey.com/us/en/products/H-9111-B/377-1229-ND/428978

 

[MonacoMike]

Funny, the original ones I picked out looked more like industrial instrument handles (just a rounded over bar of metal) but my wife liked these and the idea of being able to hang towels, etc on them. I'm not too worried.

http://search.digikey.com/us/en/products/H-9111-B/377-1229-ND/428978

You probably are not on the rough water we are. MM