Being an anesthetist I’m around a lot of surgeons. They all have super expensive loupes, that come in super poorly made wooden boxes. When I started in this hobby I figured I could make them nicer ones as a nice welcome to the group, and as good practice for box joints. So I’ve made a couple dozen of these over the past few years. I’ve always had issues with hardware, the boxes are only 1/4” thick and the surface mount hinges were failing on me. I recently read an article in fine woodworking that put me onto kerf hinges. So I got the arbor and blade from craft inc, built a carriage jig, and went to work. I know they’ve gotten a lot of hate on here, but man they are amazing. Super clean, easy to install. This box is walnut on walnut, finished in satin nitro.
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