trouble finding nice hinges

[Terry Starch]

Hello everyone, I build a good amount of small jewerly boxes. I am looking for a good place to purchase hinges for these. I have looked at local places and a few online. Please recommend me a place or three to check out. I mostly find brass hinges. Im sick of them......................

[Todd Burch]

I saw a setup several years ago where a guy used very small square brass tubing and a brass rod inside the tubing as the hinge assembly. Pretty clever and very low profile. Easy alignment too since the tubing was set and glued into a channel.

Todd

[Jeff Duncan]

Whitechapel is one of the best for hand made hardware....better have deep pockets though:eek:

I buy most of my nicer stuff from Horton Brass as they offer very nice stuff, custom finishes when needed, good prices and great customer service. I just don't know if they carry small jewelry box sized stuff though?

good luck,
JeffD

[Paul Shaffer]

I second Horton Brasses. I like their PB-405 hinges for jewelry and treasure boxes.

[Andrew Hughes]

Brusso hinges are my favovite,They are making some in SS steel.Once you get the square butt hinges mastered try one of their quadrant hinges.The lid will need to be thick for the leaf.They are very challenging. Andrew

[Jim Rimmer]

Horton, Brusso, Lee Valley

[glenn bradley]

Others have given you the regular sources I use. High quality, small box or jewelry box hardware is pricey and somewhat limited in style. On a small piece you don't want the hardware to steal the show so most offerings are a bit plain.

[Victor Robinson]

Google Smarthinge and Neathinge. Unfortunately about $50, but they come in nickel and are really nice hinges.

[Michael Heffernan]

I have been using Brusso brass hinges (Box and Quadrant types) for all my jewelry boxes and other cases. I like their knife hinges for cabinet doors as well. Excellent fit and finish, never had a problem. I found that 'Tools for Working Wood' is one of the cheapest sources for Brusso hardware http://www.toolsforworkingwood.com/store/ (I have no affiliation with them, just a repeat customer). If you order 4 or more hardware packages from them, you get a discount. i think it's 10 or 20 percent.
White Chapel also makes excellent hardware, but I haven't used their smaller hinges for boxes.