I've never run across one - my daughter is refinishing an old cabinet that has these hinges on the bottom doors. Anyone know anything about these? Thanks in advance,IMG_1803.jpg
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I've never run across one - my daughter is refinishing an old cabinet that has these hinges on the bottom doors. Anyone know anything about these? Thanks in advance,IMG_1803.jpg
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Those look like 'primative' hinges that were shop made in the 18th & 19th century.
How old is the cabinet?
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No idea, she bought it for $50 at a yard sale. She says she's found no markings of any kind on it anywhere.Originally Posted by Jim Koepke
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Staple Hinge? Start out looking like two cotter pins hooked together....shorter one just gets driven in, the longer one goes through a hole, and is clinched tightly in place.
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Grandpa always used to say, "don't waste a couple of good cotter pins when bailing wire will do."
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- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
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I’m assuming the cabinet door is open in both pics. Can you add a picture of the door closed? Very interesting. Never seen one before
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Was seen on the Woodwright's Shop...Peter Fallensee I think was the name? Something about a chest of some sort...
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After looking at the images again it looks like there are saw marks from a circular saw.
It could have been made during the the twentieth century by someone who didn't have the means to provide factory made hinges.
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And..just when did the Shakers invent that circular saw?
I think ( since I can't walk right now..) I might spend the day looking through a few episodes of The Woodwright's Shop....and see which episode that type of hinge was demonstrated ......can't get to my own shop ( stairs are a no-no) might as well go surfing others...
I suppose one could fabricate those hinges out of a roll of Form Wire.....
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Circular saw was invented toward the end of the 18th century.
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Some evidence of circular saw blades have dated to the bronze age. The technology may have been lost in time.
As Chris mentions in the modern ERA circular saw blades began being used at the end of the 18th century.
As to the Shaker influence:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_sawThe use of a large circular saw in a saw mill is said to have been invented in 1813 by Tabitha Babbitt, a Shaker inventor, after she noted the inefficiency of the traditional saw pits used by the sawyers in her community and sought an improvement.[8] This claim is now mostly discredited.[9][10]
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Looks like it uses snipe bill hinges.
https://pfollansbee.wordpress.com/tag/snipebill-hinges/
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What a great education! Excellent.
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I have a 17th Century chest that was repaired with hinges similar to that, after the second pair of hinges corroded away-probably a sea chest. An Expert told me that it had been repaired by a Ship's Cooper, using coopers nails. I think it was originally a "make-do" set of hinges. They would have probably used better, if they had better.
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They are also called “snipe” and “staple” hinges. They never need oiling !
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