alex grams
12-10-2010, 10:46 AM
I am sketching up a piece of furniture with a pair of doors that I want to open so that drawers can be extended from inside the cabinet, but with no hinge hardware on the interior of the door which would get in the way of the drawers (see pictures).
Is the best hinge for this a knife hinge? Other thoughts/orientations which may address this arrangement? The circles on the doors are sample pivot points that are 7/16 from the outside of the door to allow a slight margin for the drawers to pull out without hitting the door. I presume with kniofe hinges I could make that pivot point a little further out to allow even a little more gap to minimize interference with the door and drawer.
With knife hinges do you have to round over the outside back corner of the door to avoid interference with the corner of the door hitting the cabinet? I didn't see this dimension listed anywhere on the sheet for the hinge:
http://www.leevalley.com/US/hardware/page.aspx?p=40831&cat=3,41419,41454
Thanks in advance,
-Alex
Is the best hinge for this a knife hinge? Other thoughts/orientations which may address this arrangement? The circles on the doors are sample pivot points that are 7/16 from the outside of the door to allow a slight margin for the drawers to pull out without hitting the door. I presume with kniofe hinges I could make that pivot point a little further out to allow even a little more gap to minimize interference with the door and drawer.
With knife hinges do you have to round over the outside back corner of the door to avoid interference with the corner of the door hitting the cabinet? I didn't see this dimension listed anywhere on the sheet for the hinge:
http://www.leevalley.com/US/hardware/page.aspx?p=40831&cat=3,41419,41454
Thanks in advance,
-Alex