I’ve got an unusual situation for which I cannot locate hinges. This is a three door cabinet. The two outer doors hinge on adjacent legs using two inch high butt hinges. The middle door does not have a fixed member that is on the same plane. I’ve thought of two ways to hinge this door (three actually if I include knife hinges) but finding the hardware is proving to be difficult. Please refer to the attached drawing.
I’ve checked at Ball & Ball, Horten Brasses, Whitechapel, Lee Valley, & Brusso. None of these places seem to have what I need. I can make the hinge, but would rather buy it. I’d like solid brass, well made/high quality. I will be patinating these black.
Anyone have a source or another solution? European conceled hinges like Grass, Blum are not an option. The fixed partition shown in the drawing cannot be extended out to the front plane of the doors.
Thanks for your interest and help.
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Not having given the problem much thought the first thing that comes to mind is to simply silver braze the "L" part on an existing hinge. Since you are applying a patina it would not be an issue of ruining the original finish. Silver braze would be very strong. Spent a number of years metalsmithing, making hardware and lots of patina work.
Ball and Ball and Whitechapel both sell un drilled hinges with leaves of different sizes. You can also special order them from either place as well or Londonderry can do it as well. I believe the hinge in the second drawing is a "cranked" hinge.
J.P.
Thanks for the info. I hadn't seen the blank hinges on their sites. I'm well practiced in the skill of silver solder so that was always an option. I didn' t relish having to plug holes though. But with the blanks, I won't have to. Thanks.My initials are also J.P. Am I talking to myself??? It wouldn't be the first time.
I just checked my Whitechapel catalog and the undrilled hinges are on page 248 and the part numbers go from:248BH1 - 248BH17Yo may also want to look at their projection hinges or rule joint hinges.J.P.PS. At least you're not alone when talking to yourself.http://www.jpkfinefurniture.com
If I understand your drawing correctly, that's called a flap hinge -- a hinge with unequal-width leaves. Many hinge sources have them. It is generally used on a drop-leaf table. Sometimes you find it in a catalog section with table hardware instead of cabinet hardware.
Ok, this is probably not a great solution, but if you can't find the hardware you want, you could use a Blum hinge as your "hinge" and mount a "dummy" hinge on the door edge to maintain a consistent look. Otherwise if the other resources don't pan out, a marine supplier may have what you want.
John
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