Finger pull dimensions
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I have another thread going mistake correction but decided to go in a different direction and felt it is more clear to start a new thread.

Building a set of drawer boxes as part of a built-in credenza Madeof oak ply with solid oak fronts and edging. I'm going to create an integrated finger pull detail across thethe top of each 30 wide drawer (some of which will be lateral file drawers).The goal of the pulls is to clean up the look and lines of the drawer fronts and also correct a mistakes I made in sizing the solid oak fronts.

In thinking about the finger pulls, I want to minimize the amount of projection and am also concerned about the strength of the integratedfinger pulls given the weight capacity of the file drawers.

The finger pull profile will be routed into a piece of oak 1x board attached across the full width of each drawer front. See attached hand-cad.

Questions:

1. Because the pulls will not be easily visable, is a simple round nose profile good enough or is therer a functional advantage to a more exotic finger pull profile?

2. Thinking about the dimensions of the profile that would be strong, functional and minimize projection:

• Can the height of the profile (C on the diagram) be as little as 1/2?
  
  
• Can the depth of the profile (B on diagram) be 1/2 or is 3/4 the minimum?
  
  
• How how much meat should be left on the leading edge (A on the diagram)?
  

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