No. 227 Routing grip recesses for drawers or furniture doors A Description Grip recesses are often used as creative elements on furniture front sections as well as drawers. These grip recesses replace handles that often interfere. Whether drawer cabinets for the kitchen, furniture doors for the living room cupboard or flaps for a bureau, the grip recess was and remains a design and creative element frequently used by carpenters. Tools/accessories 227/01 1/4

Drawers behind a cabinet door inside a cupboard, in particular, are often provided with such grip recesses because usually there is not enough room for fitted handles. The dimensions of the hand hole cutter are suitable for 18-mm thick workpieces. NL= 16 mm; D=22 mm ; R=2.5/6 mm 227/02 B Basic equipment Denomination Order no. Router (Festool OF 1010 EBQ with parallel stop) * *Please obtain the Order No. from the Festool main catalogue or from the Festool website. The following accessories are required to produce these handles: •• Hand hole cutter •• Multifunction table with clamp clips (optional)...

Set the router as follows: •• Clamp the hand hole cutter in the chuck of the router; the router shank should be clamped at least 2/3 in the chuck. •• Push the router down until the cutter is on the workpiece and use the depth setting to set a routing depth of 16 mm. •• Secure the parallel stop and set it so that it is aligned with the outermost round edge of the cutter. Mark this point with a pencil on the router table. Now push the parallel stop back until it is 8 –10 mm behind the drawn line. Thanks to the guidance of the parallel stop via two rods, its displacement is always parallel. 227/05...

Note Grip recesses can also be produced with the OF 1010 router and the Basis 5 A. This is easier because, as far as height and depth are concerned, it is simpler to set the stationary equipment of the router. However, this equipment has significantly higher acquisition costs. 227/08 If you wish to route non-continuous grip recesses, you can do this by marking the start and end of the routing operation and also plunge the router and end the routing operation at the same place. For this purpose, mark the limiting lines approx. 8 cm so that you can move along these lines with the notch on the other...