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Porter Bassett
12-09-2008, 12:38 AM
I'm making a small lidded box, about the size of a shoebox. I went down to the local big box store to buy some hinges, and the selection was really really bad.
What are some of the better hinge choices for such an application?
Frank Drew
12-09-2008, 12:41 AM
Porter,
Larry and Faye Brusso make fine small hinges; I'm sure they're easy to find on the internet.
Also, some of the other hardware specialists like Horton Brasses might have what you need.
Porter Bassett
12-09-2008, 1:00 AM
I'm actually looking for advice on types of hinges I should look for.. At the store, the only types of hinges I found were butt hinges.
Dewey Torres
12-09-2008, 1:30 AM
Ok Porter Here goes:
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=16938
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=9838
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=9828
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=9849
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=9834
You asked for it!
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=16926
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=16936
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=21323
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=19915
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=16932
And other than Rockler...
http://www.hardwaresource.com/Store_ViewCatLevel3.asp?Cat=31&OrderID=
http://www.whitechapel-ltd.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=wc&Category_Code=02BOXhinge
http://www.hardwaresource.com/Store_ViewCatLevel3.asp?Cat=344&OrderID=
http://www.bearwood.com/HARDWARE-HINGE.HTML
http://www.inside-woodworking.com/products/Small-Box-Hinges-and-Lid-Supports.html
http://houseofantiquehardware.com/s.nl/sc.11/category.27/.f?gcid=S14464x018&KEYWORD=small%20hinge&partner=ypc
Dewey Torres
12-09-2008, 1:34 AM
I'm actually looking for advice on types of hinges I should look for.. At the store, the only types of hinges I found were butt hinges.
Now that we have a good selection, please post a pic or drawing or at least explain something more so we can help with the advice portion.
IE:
Jewelry box, Humidor, Trinket box....
Porter Bassett
12-09-2008, 1:50 AM
Drat. A lot of those hinges don't show how exactly they work. It's hard to tell just from a pic of the hinge.
OK, the box and lid is very simple and plain. I want the top to be the same size as the box, as it appears is the case in the picture here (http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=9828).
The box is for a board game (Pegs and Jokers (http://www.daleswoodcraft.com/product.sc?categoryId=3&productId=29)) that I'm making. It will hold the board pieces, the marbles, and the decks of cards.
The construction of the box will be rabbeted sides and bottom, and then a lid.
Tom Esh
12-09-2008, 1:56 AM
...I went down to the local big box store to buy some hinges, and the selection was really really bad....
Some of that stuff is absolute junk. I picked up a pair for a shop cabinet at the local borg and the pins were only half the length of the hinge!:eek: IMO that crosses the line from poor QC to outright deceptive. Woodcraft and Lee Valley carry some machined Brussos - really nice but pricey, as well as some more moderately priced extruded types.
Dewey Torres
12-09-2008, 1:57 AM
Drat. A lot of those hinges don't show how exactly they work. It's hard to tell just from a pic of the hinge.
OK, the box and lid is very simple and plain. I want the top to be the same size as the box, as it appears is the case in the picture here (http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=9828).
The box is for a board game (Pegs and Jokers (http://www.daleswoodcraft.com/product.sc?categoryId=3&productId=29)) that I'm making. It will hold the board pieces, the marbles, and the decks of cards.
The construction of the box will be rabbeted sides and bottom, and then a lid.
Ok Porter...
Now were getting somewhere!
All that hinge requires is a simple 1/2 inch mortise (done with your router)
and
a 1/4: flat bottom hole (forstner bit)
That is it. The rest of thew info will come with the hinge.
Porter Bassett
12-09-2008, 2:06 AM
Actually, in the link I posted, doesn't it have a normal butt hinge, and the mortise/hole hardware you're talking about is just a support to keep the lid open?
For some reason, when I was at the hardware store, I was thinking of trying to put the hinges on the outside of the box. I didn't think of putting a small butt hinge on the edge of the side as in that picture. That should work fine.
Dewey Torres
12-09-2008, 2:09 AM
Actually, in the link I posted, doesn't it have a normal butt hinge, and the mortise/hole hardware you're talking about is just a support to keep the lid open?
For some reason, when I was at the hardware store, I was thinking of trying to put the hinges on the outside of the box. I didn't think of putting a small butt hinge on the edge of the side as in that picture. That should work fine.
Yes Porter,
When it comes to certain applications a hinge on the outside is down right ugly. The SOSS and cylinder hinges have a similar concept BTW.
Dewey Torres
12-09-2008, 2:16 AM
Here is an good example of what is commonly referred to as a "concealed" hinge:
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=98467&highlight=alder
Jim Becker
12-09-2008, 8:27 AM
Check out Lee Valley's wonderful selection of hardware.
Lee Schierer
12-09-2008, 12:47 PM
Personally for small boxes, you can't beat Choice #2 recommended by Dewey. I use the small brass hinges all the time. You have to drill four holes and bevel two edges at 45 degrees to the centerline of those holes. Quick and easy. A little super glue in the holes just before pressing in the hinges and you are done.
Here's the back of a jewelry box made with several sets of the brass pin hinges.
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~us71na/jewel4.jpg
Dewey Torres
12-09-2008, 7:16 PM
Thread steal apologies,
Lee, very nice work. I must have missed that post!
Porter Bassett
12-15-2008, 1:11 PM
I used those small barrel brass hinges, and I am really pleased. They work great and were easy to install.
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