Kitchen pantry door hinge

SnowDog:

There is a book that I have called “Build your own Kitchen Cabinets” 2nd edition by Danny Proulx.

He goes into the building and assembling of cabinets. He doesn’t talk a lot about hinges but does show the installation of them.

This might help.

One note: when installing hinges. make a door frame and a cabinet that you would consider to be scrap, (put it in your shop later) because you want to try the hinges and get the overlap correctly before you make your actual doors, because you might find that you have a big gap in the center. I know I did. Before doors are made use your hinges and a smaller version to get all measurements. Different brands of hinges have different overlap and offset requirements. If you are using a face frame then you can’t use cabinet side mounts (Unless your face frame is flush with the cabinet sides.)

If you cut molding edges like finger grooves, take that into count when you design your overlap so that you don’t have gaps into the cabinet space.

So do everything to your sample door that you’d do to the actual door. and make sure that you have double opening (Left and right) so that two doors have the correct gap.

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I looked in Fine Woodworking, & came up with this. There’s a lot of info here for you.

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I’ve been in the trade ten years and I’ve still got a lot to learn. A good place to start is deciding what type of hinge to use. A 32mm cup hinge, old style surface mount, butt hinges, odd assorted speciality hinges…the list goes on and on. Hardware is a specialty all by itself. Are you matching existing hardware? Most of them can be simple, but check the manufactures specs…so your doors don’t rub like they do at my house#^%&!!! Ya I can fix it … when I get around to it. Good luck.

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I use the 32mm cup hinges exclusively. They are available in many overlay offsets but I stick with the ½” overlay on all sides. If this is the type of hinge for you, let me know and I will be happy to walk you through the math in calculating the sizes for your door components so that they are right the first time, right out of the box. By the way, in case anyone is interested. The Blum hinges are available at www.ahturf.com for crazy low prices. The ½” overlay #38n355c.08 sells for $.97 each (does not include screws) and other sizes are available.

Ed

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