It's traditional in Chinese homes to put a sign with the character "fu" (good fortune) on or near the front door for New Years. Often the sign gets left up all year long, sometimes mounted upside down to represent good fortune spilling into one's home. This handsome brass plate is intended for that purpose, either on a front door or mounted on a large scale cabinet.
Chinese brass hardware is easy to install. The first thing to get familiar with are commonly used joining pins:
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Soft Joining Pins |
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Hard Joining Pins |
Nailing Pins |
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You'll need a few basic tools:
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For this example, we've chosen a classic fish pull to install. |
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Drill a hole the same width as the pin. In this example we're drilling a 1/4" hole for a 1/4" wide pin. |
Assemble your piece of hardware and insert in the hole. |
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Using the needle nose pliers, bend the tip of the pin over so that it's pointing towards the wood. |
Making sure that the display side of the piece is pulled tight, nail the end of the pin into the wood. |
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Nail the pin flat. |
In this example we've chosen a cabinet face plate to install. |
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Drill a hole the same width as the pins. In this example we're drilling a 1/4" hole for a 1/4" pin. |
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Assemble your piece of hardware and insert in the hole. |
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Using the needle nose pliers, spread the pins flat against the wood. |
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Making sure that the display side of the piece is pulled tight, nail the pin flat against the wood. |
Note: Unlike soft folding pins there's no need to hook the end of the pin into the wood - just nail it flat.
In this example, we've chosen a cabinet strip pull to install. |
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Drill a hole the same width as the pins. In this example we're drilling a 3/16 " hole for a 3/16 " pin. |
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Assemble your piece of hardware. Hammer the nailing pin into the pilot hole. We recommend using a piece of wood as a buffer to avoid damaging the hardware. |
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It's usually a good idea to file or clip the end of the nailing pin down if it is protrudes out the opposite side of the wood (this can be done before installation as well). |
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Nailing pins are as strong as very thick nails. |