I'm looking for some creative input, for I lack creativity. I hacked together a small tool cabinet for bicycle tools. After spending far too much time trying to think of a way to use quick release levers, I ended up with an old set of Campy shifters mounted to L-brackets to use as the pulls for the doors. I still need some pulls for the drawers. My first thought was jockey pulleys. Second thought was the nut off of a Campy quick release (you know, the ones with the bail on them). Anyone with an artistic flair got an opinion of a bike related item that would make a nice drawer pull?

Regards,
Steve

how about some stem face plates?

-j

Levers from downtube or stem shifters?
Front hub flanges?
Brake levers?

Me Personally, I prefer greasy tools laying on the carpet in the living room where I rebuild bikes while watching TV.

Ooohh- I just love this kind of stuff. I'm currently building some new kitchen cabinets to emulate Craftsman toolboxes- red faces, toolbox pulls, and Craftsman logos. Ahhh, the benefits of being single- a wife would never allow the frivolity.

Whatever you use for drawer pulls, they need to be recognized as a bicycle part. I do like the idea of headset caps if the logos are intact. There aren't too many bike parts that lend itself to this application that are readily recognized as such.

And likely to stay that way when any prospective long term girl friends come by for that all important first visit....

I'm going the other route. My new shop cabinets are going to have a rather kitchen like feel. But I plan on getting creative with the door handles and drawer pulls.

How about the semicircle of a cut down drop handlebar. You can get two per set of bars. Fixed with some expandable barend plugs coming through the drawer front. Sorted!

a short length of old bike chain , clean it up well , flux and braze it
in a shape for a handle , and screw it down.

I finally got around to finishing this cabinet. I found some red jockey pulleys at the Velo Orange garage sale and mounted them on the lower, larger, drawer. I had decided a long time ago to use an old, bent up, quick release lever for the two smaller drawers. I procrastinated for a long time thinking it was going to be a lot of work to hacksaw off the threads and use it for mounting the nut, and to cut threads on the axle for using a nut to mount the lever arm. Well, it took less than a half hour to do that the other day, so my procrastination was not justified. Worse than procrastination, this started as a quick and dirty prototype from 1/4" plywood to help make a much nicer one from better materials. I'm sticking with it, even with its blemishes and shortcomings, because it works and at heart, I'm a lackadaisical guy.

Anyway, a few pictures to bring this to a close.

Regards,
Steve

Too cute.

Disk brake adapters come to mind...

I like those pulls, especially the Campagnolo downtube shifters.

You need a shop stool to go with that: