How to drill A Hole In A Cabinet
How To Drill A Hole In An IKEA Linnmon Desk
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what's up guys Matt Fillion for swashing
TV and today I'm gonna be answering a
question that you guys asked me quite a
bit about the IKEA linman desk if you've
ever seen Pam I set up you know this
desk is insanely popular and that is
thanks to the very very affordable price
tag but of course with it being so
affordable you have to deal with the
cheap material which is basically a
piece of particle board with fiber board
on top and bottom so the question I
always get asked is Matt how do you
properly make a hole in the desk without
ruining it so before we get started
let's talk about what you're actually
going to need the way I'm going to be
showing you is actually using a grommet
if you're not using a grommet that's
fine that's just how I'm doing my
example so with that said the first
thing here is the actual grommet a
two-and-a-half-inch that I picked up
from Home Depot for about $2 pretty
simple but you definitely want to keep
in mind that it is 2 and 1/2 inches now
I say that because you need a drill bit
to match that so this is a two and a
half inch drill bit that I got for about
$7 from Home Depot and of course to go
with that you need a drill to actually
use the drill bit yeah that's how that
works
and the secret sauce is the masking tape
this is what we're gonna use to make
sure that the desk does not get ruined
now that we have everything that we need
let's go ahead and make the hole and I
should probably mention I don't know if
it's gonna work so okay so here's my
keyboard I'm gonna want to place the
grommet around this area so this is
where I'm going to layer up some blue
tape make a masking tape to make sure
that it doesn't ruin the desk leave it
or not this is the most important step
if you do not put enough tape you're
gonna go right through the desk and
you're gonna ruin it so just be careful
I can't actually get the best angle here
but just make sure you're keeping your
drill straight and once you start going
down make sure you don't stop you got to
go all the way down you gotta commit to
it
so there you go it did get caught just
briefly but I kept going and now we got
a clean halt it's basically a perfect
circle if you want to sand the top out
just very very lightly with some
sandpaper you can do so but the first
you want to do is get a vacuum because
it does make a mess I just went ahead
and vacuumed and again you can sand you
don't need to though because if you put
your grommet in it will fit nice and
snug you won't see that bada-bing
bada-boom it's great you can feed your
cable through and it'll solve that issue
for you now if you do want to go the
extra mile you can put a little bit of
glue around the base so when you insert
it you are kind of reinforcing it a
little bit just to keep the desk from
splintering but for now I think this is
the best way to do so there we go guys
that is the final result I really really
like it and what's great about it is now
that you have a two and a half inch hole
you can go on Amazon and look up for a
different grommet one that is maybe
flush maybe a different color whatever
it is that you're looking for just
google it this is all they had at Home
Depot so it comes out just a little bit
but my mouse pad covers half of it which
you get a new one of these but anyways I
think it looks great a great solution to
hide the cables on wired accessories let
me know if you try to mess it out on
your desk and if you damage it or not if
there's someone out there that knows a
better method let everyone know in the
comment section if you have any other
questions for me to answer in a video
leave them below thanks for watching
this video and don't forget I'm mad
feeling you're not you bet on my face
have a great day and I'll catch you on
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