Wooden Double Action Hinge

Thanks for the good job on this tutorial. Very clear and easy to follow. I have some time now to try it on a box. One more thing I have to try!!

-- Robert, so much inspiration here, and so little time!

You’ve got the tutorial thing down. Well done, and thank you!

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Great job and pics….....

-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"

thats a cool post im now thinking how i can use this in my next project

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A great tutorial and I am glad to now know how to make those hinges that I admired so much on your ring box. Thanks for sharing this us, I will surely make some myself. This could also be great to share with the grandkids when we make something together again.

-- Mike, American in Norway

I have to say, I like these quite a bit. I think they’d look better than brass hinges on many things. Thanks for sharing your tutorial with us

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I like the way the long sides would fold flat with a hinge of this kind. Beautiful work.

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Thanks for posting the tutorial. What size are the hinges on the wedding ring box? Are those the smallest you’ve made?

Nice hinge, but not for sure what I would use it for at this point. Nice job on the tutorial.

-- Behind every great man is his wife with rolling eyes.

schuft The hinges on the ring box are used with my smallest box joint jig which is the width of my table saw blade (1/8”). So the overall hinge is 3.5cm (1 3/8”) wide.

-- -Joshuah

Hi Joshua.

First off, my compliments on your blogging. There are those among us who have been doing it far longer that would be hard pressed to do as well.

Second, a suggestion: rather than cutting the inserts square to length and then rounding them off, why not cut them about 5 to 10 degrees off of 90 and them round the long sides only? In this way, the box lid would open to between 10 and 20 degrees past vertical and the shape of the ends would keep the lid from going more than that angle. Sort of a “detent” to hold the lid up.

I know the original idea is to allow the lid to fold back on itself, but this would give you an alternative method where it makes more sense to the project. It’s always nice to hav e choices, right?

Keep up the great work, both in wood and in word.

Paul’

-- The nicer the nice, the higher the price!

BigTiny- Thank you for such nice comments and for your suggestion. If I understand your idea clear enough, that may actually work better than the current idea. One good thing about the original way is that it does open all the way, though this also can be a negative aspect, since most time we don’t want boxes half laid out across the table. I think that I am going to have to go back into the shop tonight and tempt this new idea!! Thanks!

-- -Joshuah

Hi again Joshua.

You are more than welcome my friend. I always feel that if I see something that might improve a project, or something that might offer another option (like I did for yours), it’s my duty to speak up. After all, I have learned so much here by reading blogs like this and looking at the excellent projects our brothers and sisters here have made, so I feel I owe it to the place to “do my part” however minor it might be.

I’m very happy you liked my idea. I look forward to seeing the “new and improved” version. (grin)

Paul
the little Canadian guy

-- The nicer the nice, the higher the price!

just beautiful, thanks for posting

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the steps is long and complex,great husband,thanks share with you project ,

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