I'm not finding a ton of good information about installing strap hinges on things like chests. (Though a few blanket chest projects had some good pictures).
Aside from a Schwarz blog post showing the use of a metal jaw vice and a hammer, and one guy using a Lee-Valley bender thingy (which didn't look easy at all to use)... what are folks methods and madness for this?
On my tool chest build I mortised out the thickness of the strap, then (per instruction in the video) made a further notch at the back of half the width of the hinge (barrel/round part, not sure what to call it). But it seems to seat too low. Guess I'll find out if it is going to work when I Get the top attached to the long part of the hinge later this week.
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