Adding Brass Kickplates
I recently had the task of installing brass kickplates on a solid oak double entry door,
The client had two little dogs that liked to scratch on the bottom of the doors where the kick plates would be installed,
The first step is, line up the kickplate and drill a pilot hole through the top holes, the holes in the bottom can be drilled and screwed after,
(The kickplates came with screws),
Screw in the top holes of the kickplate and go back and drill your pilot holes through your other holes,
When I put one of the kickplates on, on the outside, I needed to position it far enough from the astragal so the door could close properly,
Unfortunately,
On the other side, (outside) one of the kickplates did not fit between the astragal and the raised trim on the bottom of the door and needed to be cut,
There are many ways to cut a brass kickplate but the table saw was what I chose,
Since brass is a non ferrous metal, stands to reason to use a non ferrous metal blade,
Since I had a 10″ blade on my table saw, I wanted the same size blade (non ferrous metal blade), having the same RPM’s is safer,
The kickplate cut like butter with a warm knife, make sure to where a long sleeve shirt as you can get little pieces of molton brass spitting out when cutting,
Do I need say, Safety Goggles?
The kickplates looked classy!
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