Schaub 523 5" Center to Center Menlo Park Cabinet Pull

The 523 ships with 8/32 x 1 inch machine screws. That 1 inch length covers standard 3/4 inch cabinet door and drawer fronts with thread left to engage the post. If you are mounting through a thicker applied front or a slab with a backer, you'll need longer 8-32 screws, since the thread size is standard 8-32 and easy to source in longer lengths.

The 523 is a 5 inch center-to-center pull only, so it will not reach shorter bores. For 3 inch spacing look at the Trimco 553 Series drawer pull; for 3-1/2 inch, 4 inch, or 96mm, the Trimco 562 Series covers all three. The Omnia 1968/102 is a 4 inch center-to-center forged brass pull, and the Deltana SBP35 is a 3-1/2 inch square bar pull.

The Schaub 523 Menlo Park pull has a zinc base material. If a solid brass body is required by the spec, the Omnia 1969 and Omnia 1970 modern cabinet pulls are forged solid brass, and the Deltana SBP35 modern square bar pull is heavy-duty solid brass at 3-1/2 inch. Note the center spacing changes with that swap: the Menlo Park 523 is 5 inch center to center, so the mounting holes will not line up with a 3-1/2 inch pull without redrilling the door or drawer front.

The Schaub 523 Menlo Park pull is fixed at 5 inch center to center, so it will not drop into a 4 inch drilling. The Omnia 1968/102 modern cabinet pull is a forged solid brass pull with 4 inch center-to-center spacing and lands on existing 4 inch holes. For narrower drawer fronts, the Trimco 562 series drawer pulls come in 3-1/2 inch, 4 inch, and 96mm center options, and the Trimco 553 series is 3 inch center to center.

Projection is 1-1/8 inches off the face of the door, with a 3/4 inch base. That is enough grip clearance for a gloved hand and it keeps the pull from colliding with an adjacent door in a corner cabinet or with a countertop overhang on a top drawer. If you have a tight inside corner run, measure the swing before you commit to the whole fleet.

Seven finishes: Satin Nickel (SN), Brushed Nickel (BN), Polished Nickel (PN), Polished Chrome (PC), Matte Black (MB), Ancient Bronze (ABZ), and Signature Satin Brass (SSB). For a multi-unit job where you are standardizing across kitchens and baths, the Menlo Park collection carries the same finish codes across its other sizes, so you can mix pull lengths and knobs on one finish without a color break.

Zinc is the base material on the 523, finished in one of seven plated or coated options. Zinc casting holds crisp detail on a transitional profile and takes plating well, which is why it is common on decorative cabinet hardware. If your spec calls for solid brass specifically, look at the Omnia 1968/102 or 1969 modern pulls, which are forged solid brass, or the Deltana SBP35 square bar pull.

A 5 inch center-to-center pull like the 523 uses two screws, so it can't spin loose the way a single-screw knob can, and it gives a full-hand grip that suits heavier drawer boxes and full-overlay doors. Knobs use one bore and are quicker to install and to swap. If you want knobs on the upper doors and pulls on the drawers, the Orca Hardware Bachelor Collection round knob and its ring version are both 1-1/4 inch diameter, and the Blackcomb square knob is 25mm.

The Schaub 523 Menlo Park pull is 5-3/4 inch overall, which overruns a narrow stile or a small door. On those openings a knob mounts to a single hole instead: the Orca Hardware Bachelor Collection CK-15030 round cabinet pull knob and CK-16030 round ring pull knob are both 1-1/4 inch diameter, and the Orca Blackcomb CK-17025 is a 25mm square knob. A knob is a one-hole part, so it does not reuse the two-hole 5 inch drilling a 523 leaves behind.

The Schaub 523 is a transitional Menlo Park pull with a 3/4 inch base and 1-1/8 inch projection. The straight-bar alternatives read modern rather than transitional: the Deltana SBP35 is a modern square bar pull at 3-1/2 inch, the Emtek Bar cabinet pull is Emtek's Bar series, and the Orca CK-12001 is a steel T-pull bar with a 2 inch bar width in satin nickel. Projection is the detail to check against the 523's 1-1/8 inch if the run has to clear an adjacent appliance handle; Omnia 1971 is 1-3/16 inch and Omnia 1970 is 1-1/4 inch.

The Schaub 523 Menlo Park pull projects 1-1/8 inch off the face. Among the modern forged solid brass options, the Omnia 1969 and Omnia 1971 both project 1-3/16 inch and the Omnia 1970 projects 1-1/4 inch, so each sits slightly further off the front than the 523. That matters where a drawer front passes a return wall or an adjacent door swing, and it is the dimension to confirm before mixing pulls in the same run.

The Schaub 523 Menlo Park pull is a single 5 inch center-to-center size offered across seven finishes including satin nickel, polished chrome, brushed nickel, matte black, polished nickel, ancient bronze, and signature satin brass, so it standardizes on finish rather than on size. If the units need more than one center spacing under one series, the Trimco 562 series drawer pulls list 3-1/2 inch, 4 inch, and 96mm centers, and the Trimco 553 series covers 3 inch centers.

Menlo Park is a transitional style, which is the middle ground that sits comfortably on shaker doors and on flat slab fronts alike, without reading as either traditional or strictly contemporary. If you want something firmly modern instead, the Emtek Bar cabinet pull or the Deltana SBP35 square bar pull are the straight-line options; for a period look, the Emtek Art Deco pull is the other direction.

No. The SDC SP50 is a 50mm spindle, a door controls part that transfers rotation through a lock, not a surface-mounted grip. The Schaub 523 Menlo Park is a cabinet pull that fastens through the drawer or door front on 5 inch centers with 8/32 x 1 inch screws. The two do not serve the same purpose and the SP50 will not mount to a cabinet front.