HELP!!! Which hinges? Cabinet door very close to drawers.

[Lester Sak]

The stiles are 3/4" thick. The salesman at cabinetparts told me that the 3mm plates I had ordered (http://www.cabinetparts.com/p/blum-e...ges-BH175H6030) would work with the mini hinges (http://www.cabinetparts.com/p/blum-e...0#!prettyPhoto) to give me the 1/2" overlay. Still don't have my head wrapped around how the plates work with the hinges, but I'm sure when I have them in hand it will make sense.

[scott vroom]

The stiles are 3/4" thick. The salesman at cabinetparts told me that the 3mm plates I had ordered (http://www.cabinetparts.com/p/blum-e...ges-BH175H6030) would work with the mini hinges (http://www.cabinetparts.com/p/blum-e...0#!prettyPhoto) to give me the 1/2" overlay. Still don't have my head wrapped around how the plates work with the hinges, but I'm sure when I have them in hand it will make sense.

Lester, here's a link to the Blum clip top hinge catalog: http://www.blum.com/us/en/01/20/40/
Scroll to the bottom and click on "brochure" at the bottom left; go to the mini clip on page 31 and look at the tables. Your 1/2" o'lay (13MM) requires a 0 height plate. If you go with the 3 height plate it will give you an o'lay of 15/32, which will cause you to lose some of the center gap between the doors. Multiplied by 2 doors, you will lose 1/16" of gap with the 3 height plate.

Plates are cheap, I'd order the correct (0 height) plate for your project.

[Lester Sak]

Scott, thanks for picking up on that! I was just going on the word of the salesperson and didn't actually check the catalog when I changed my order.
I just emailed them requesting that they send me 0 height plates instead of the 3 mm.

Thanks again!

[Lester Sak]

Lester, here's a link to the Blum clip top hinge catalog: http://www.blum.com/us/en/01/20/40/
Scroll to the bottom and click on "brochure" at the bottom left; go to the mini clip on page 31 and look at the tables. Your 1/2" o'lay (13MM) requires a 0 height plate. If you go with the 3 height plate it will give you an o'lay of 15/32, which will cause you to lose some of the center gap between the doors. Multiplied by 2 doors, you will lose 1/16" of gap with the 3 height plate.

Plates are cheap, I'd order the correct (0 height) plate for your project.

Scott, wanted to let you know that the 0 mm plates worked perfectly, thanks again for taking the time to let me know what I needed (the salesman at cabinetparts did not).

I still need to build the shelves and back, but otherwise the cart is complete.

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