Hello-
I've made this bench but now I'm a little stuck on how to hinge. As you can see I've made a u shape frame and the lid sits inside of that. I've tried with a piano hinge screwed to the edge of U and edge of lid but the odds of getting it lined up so that the lid sits flush to the U shape when closed are essentially zero. Impossible to get at the screws conveniently when the hinge goes into both edges. Plus the fact that the plywood lid is (of course) slightly thinner that the 3/4 inch thick U-shape makes this tricky. My goal was to not have the hinge show (much) on the top surface.
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Standing by for the usual helpfulness.
Scott