Cabinet hardware template and method of use

A method of positioning a handle, having two handle holes, on a drawer face comprising:

• providing a transparent, flexible, flat substrate having a height and a width, the width greater than the height;
• providing the substrate further comprising a first horizontal edge and a second horizontal edge;
• providing a visible horizontal centerline, parallel to the first edge and the second edge spanning the width of the substrate;
• providing a visible vertical centerline crossing the visible horizontal centerline to form a set of cross hairs;
• providing a plurality of concentric ordered hole pairs, positioned along the visible horizontal centerline, centered at the cross hairs;
• providing a measurement scale, positioned along the first horizontal edge;
• and,
• positioning the substrate vertically against the drawer face at a first position;
• determining and marking a first horizontal line point on the drawer face using the measurement scale;
• positioning the substrate vertically against the drawer face at a second position, different than the first position;
• determining and marking a second horizontal line point on the drawer face using the measurement scale;
• positioning the substrate horizontally on the drawer face, abutting the first horizontal line point and the second horizontal line point;
• drawing a horizontal line on the drawer face between the first horizontal line point and the second horizontal line point;
• positioning the substrate vertically against the drawer face at a third position, different than the first position and the second position;
• determining and marking a first horizontal line point on the drawer face using the first measurement scale;
• positioning the substrate vertically against the drawer face at a fourth position, different from the first position, the second position and the third position;
• determining and marking a second horizontal line point on the drawer face using the first measurement scale;
• positioning the substrate horizontally on the drawer face abutting the first horizontal line point and the second horizontal line point;
• drawing a horizontal line on the drawer face between the first horizontal line point and the second horizontal line point;
• aligning the pair of handle holes with one set of concentric ordered hole pairs of the plurality of concentric ordered hole pairs;
• aligning the visible horizontal centerline with the horizontal line;
• marking the drawer face through the one set of concentric ordered hole pairs to create a set of hole markings;
• removing the substrate from the drawer face;
• drilling a pair of through holes through the set of hole markings;
• positioning the two handle holes adjacent the pair of through holes;
• and,
• attaching the handle to the drawer face using a pair of screws through the pair of through holes and the two handle holes.

A method of positioning a first handle, having two handle holes, on a first cabinet door having a first door frame, further comprising:

• providing a transparent flexible flat substrate having a height and a width, the width greater than the height;
• providing the substrate further comprising a first horizontal edge and a second horizontal edge;
• providing a visible horizontal centerline, parallel to the first edge and the second edge spanning the width of the substrate;
• providing a visible vertical centerline crossing the visible horizontal centerline to form a set of cross hairs;
• providing a plurality of concentric ordered hole pairs, positioned along the visible horizontal centerline, centered at the cross hairs;
• providing a first measurement scale, positioned along the first horizontal edge;
• and,
• providing a second measurement scale, different than the first measurement scale, positioned along the second horizontal edge;
• positioning the substrate horizontally against the first door frame at a first position;
• determining and marking a first vertical line point on the first door frame using one of the first measurement scale and the second measurement scale;
• positioning the substrate vertically against the first door frame at a second position, different than the first position;
• determining and marking a second vertical line point on the first door frame using one of the first measurement scale and the second measurement scale;
• drawing a vertical line on the first door frame between the first vertical line point and the second vertical line point;
• determining a first top hole location;
• marking the first top hole location on the vertical line;
• aligning the pair of handle holes with one set of concentric ordered hole pairs of the plurality of concentric hole pairs;
• aligning the visible horizontal centerline with the vertical line and a top ordered pair hole of the one set of concentric ordered hole pairs with the top hole location;
• marking a bottom hole location through a bottom ordered pair hole of the one set of concentric ordered hole pairs to create a set of hole markings on the first door frame through the one set of concentric ordered hole pairs to create a set of hole marking;
• removing the substrate from the first door frame;
• drilling a pair of through holes through the set of hole markings;
• positioning the two handle holes adjacent the pair of through holes;
• and,
• attaching the handle to the first door frame using a pair of screws through the pair of through holes and the two handle holes.