Browse Forums Kitchen Corner Re: Push to Open drawers AND soft close hinges 2Jun 22, 2011 7:41 am Cutting Edge Kitchens and Cabinet Making http://cuttingedgekitchens.net.au http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cutting-Edge-Kitchens/290484196676 Mobile : 0419 430 575 PH: 9452 4772 Fax :9452 4772 cuttingedgekitchens@outlook.com Re: Push to Open drawers AND soft close hinges 4Jun 22, 2011 10:03 am Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Push to Open drawers AND soft close hinges 5Jun 22, 2011 2:21 pm Built The Jenmark with Cavalier Homes Macarthur. http://camdenacres.blogspot.com/ Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=17870 We are in - front landscaping begins Re: Push to Open drawers AND soft close hinges 8Jun 23, 2011 6:22 pm If you have push to open (P2O) drawers you can't have soft close as well. It 's one or the other. The physics don't allow it. When you push close the drawer (the operative word being push) you are essentially setting the spring mechanism that allows the drawer to spring open when you push or touch it - or P2O it. If it were a soft close as well there would not be enough energy to cause the P2O mechanism to set itself. We have the Blum P2O system - drawers are handle-less - just touch them and they spring open. Love it. The other benefit is that all your drawer fronts are un-blemished with handles - a very clean and neat kitchen profile. Easy to clean because no handles in the way. And you can do all your cupboards the same way. Incidentally it is not really a push but only a gentle touch to close the drawer. barkly Yes, I had already tried searching those. In the end I am fabricating my own. 4 4175 I've dug some footings to embed a post anchor into. My holes are around 450mm deep which I'll put a 200mm stirrup into. The bottom of these holes seem firm enough. … 0 3316 Like pulse said, you can fit drawers however because of the placement of the sink there isn't much depth so you would have to have cut outs for the waste pipes. It all… 2 1137 |