Schaub 537 6" Center to Center Menlo Park Cabinet Pull

Six inch centers is drawer-and-large-door territory. On a wide drawer bank or a tall pantry door the 537 reads right; on a 12 inch wide base cabinet door the 6-3/4 inch overall length crowds the stile. Common practice is to run the 537 on drawers and step down to a shorter pull or a knob on the doors. For the smaller openings we carry the Trimco 553 at 3 inch centers and the Trimco 562 in 3-1/2 inch, 4 inch, and 96mm centers, or the Orca Bachelor Collection round knobs at 1-1/4 inch diameter.

The Schaub 537 Menlo Park pull has a zinc base material. If the specification calls for solid brass, the Deltana SBP35 modern square bar pull is a heavy-duty solid brass pull, and the Omnia 1969, 1970, and 1971 modern cabinet pulls are all forged solid brass. Note the center spacing differs: the Deltana SBP35 is 3-1/2 inch center to center, so on a brass substitution you are choosing a different hole pattern than the 537's 6 inch.

The Schaub 537 Menlo Park pull is fixed at 6 inch center to center, so it will not land on a 4 inch bore. The Omnia 1968/102 modern cabinet pull is a forged solid brass pull built at 4 inch center to center spacing, which drops onto existing 4 inch holes without redrilling. The Trimco 562 series drawer pull is another route to that hole pattern, offered in 3-1/2 inch, 4 inch, and 96mm center to center. Both are worth pricing out before you commit to filling and re-boring drawer fronts.

The 537 uses 8/32 machine screws, which is the standard cabinet hardware thread. If you're replacing older pulls, keep in mind screw length has to match your drawer front or door thickness, not the pull. Thicker shaker fronts often need a longer 8/32 screw than the one that came off a thin slab front.

Projection is 1-1/8 inches, with the post base measuring 3/4 inch. That's enough finger clearance to grab with a gloved hand, and it matters in a galley kitchen or a tight hallway of built-ins where a deeper pull catches hips and clothing. For comparison among pulls we carry, the Omnia 1970 runs a 1-1/4 inch projection and the Omnia 1969 and 1971 both run 1-3/16 inch.

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). If you're outfitting a whole unit or a spec home, order the full run at once and keep the finish code, since nickel tones in particular vary between production batches and between brands.

The 537 is the 6 inch center-to-center size in Schaub's Menlo Park collection. To keep the look consistent across a kitchen where the doors need something shorter than the drawers, stay within the Menlo Park collection and match the finish code, rather than mixing in a different collection at the same length. Emtek also carries Schaub Collection cabinet pulls, including the Alexander, Art Deco, Bar, and SELECT 8405 lines, if the Menlo Park profile is not the one you want.

It's a cabinet pull, sized at 6 inch centers with a 6-3/4 inch overall span, so it works on drawers and cabinet doors. It is not an appliance pull. Appliance and refrigerator panels use much longer pulls with heavier posts, and a zinc-bodied 6 inch pull is not built for that kind of door weight and pull force.

The Schaub 537 Menlo Park pull projects 1-1/8 inch off the face. If a gripper needs a bit more knuckle room, the Omnia 1969 and Omnia 1971 modern cabinet pulls carry a 1-3/16 inch projection, and the Omnia 1970 carries 1-1/4 inch. That range matters where drawers sit next to a door swing, an appliance handle, or a walkway in a tight galley, since every eighth of an inch of projection is an eighth more clearance to account for.

No, not without changing the drilling. The Schaub 537 Menlo Park is a two-hole cabinet pull on 6 inch centers. The Orca Hardware CK-15030 and CK-16030 Bachelor Collection pieces are round cabinet knobs at 1-1/4 inch diameter, and the CK-17025 Blackcomb Collection is a square cabinet knob at 25mm, all single-fastener parts that mount on one center hole. Swapping a pull for a knob leaves two open bores in the drawer front, so it is a decision to make before the fronts are drilled, not after.

The Schaub 537 Menlo Park pull runs 6-3/4 inch overall, which crowds a narrow drawer front or a 12 inch base cabinet door. For those openings the Trimco 553 series drawer pull is built at 3 inch center to center, and the Deltana SBP35 modern square bar pull is a 3-1/2 inch part. On a run where you want one look top to bottom, plan the small-drawer pull and the large-drawer pull from the same family rather than mixing a short peer under a 537.

Transitional is exactly the style the Menlo Park 537 is cut for, which puts it between an ornate traditional pull and a plain modern bar. If the job actually calls for a flat contemporary bar, the Deltana SBP35 square bar pull or the Orca CK-12001 T-pull bar are the modern-profile options we stock.

No. The SDC SP50 is a 50mm spindle in the door controls category, a part that drives a door lockset, not cabinetry hardware. The Schaub 537 Menlo Park is a cabinet pull that mounts with 8/32 machine screws through the drawer front. If a search turned up both, the spindle belongs to a completely different assembly and has nothing to install against on a cabinet door.