Draw front recess ... how ???

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> I want to make a recessed draw pull in the front of two flush fitting
> draws. I know that I can buy pre manufactured CAD manufactured ones -
> just make a "hole" and drop / glue them in. [ although I can't find
> 'em in Spain, I could import from the UK].

Yuk.

> Then I recalled the draw pulls that used to be on the old singer
> treadle sewing machines; the two little draws on the right side of the
> machine. The pulls were set into a circular recess in the draw front.
> The recess had a pull knob of some kind in the center which was flush
> with the draw front. Come to think about it maybe the pull knob was
> _part_of the draw front.

It was. All one piece. Very nice, too...

> Anyhow, the question.
> How can I cut a deep, concave, recess in a draw front?? Seems to me
> it'd be at least three inches in dia.

It's a simple and fast cut with a bowl gouge, with the drawer front spinning
in "faceplate mode" on a lathe. Or a 3-hour setup and 23 second cut with a
router and a half-dozen bits. Nahm has done this...

> I have a TS, drill press, power hand tools and other 'stuff'

Sounds like you need to go out and buy yourself a lathe.
Make that the swing is at least the diagonal of the drawer front you want.

> John Hewitt Malaga Spain

Michael Latcha - at home in Redford, MI