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Best hinges for cabinet lower back panel? (re: Project Arcade cabinet)
sofakng:
I'm going to stop by Home Depot later tonight... anybody have any suggestions for me?
Generic Eric:
I am employed in communications. Some of the fully enclosed racks I have encountered have a door on the rear that would open with "quarter turn" handles. The door was held in place veritically by small, spring loaded rods at the top and the bottom of the door. Perhaps that is a style of hinge, put i wouldn't know the proper name for it. At any rate, the spring loaded rod-hinges were pinched when removing the rear of the cabinet was necessary for maintenance.
That is the road I plan on takeing for "rear access"
hyiu:
sorry... I haven't keep track on your project...
but I have mamed an old cab before....
for the back door... I used 4 Magetic catch... (use the STRONG ones...) and it holds on very tight...
if you don't want that.... I guess in the back.. piano hinge is good enough...
depends on how you put your stuffs... you might or might not want to be able to open the front....
but if you do want to open your front... you'll want european style hinges... (where you don't see the hinge from the outside...)
and most european style hinges... you need to bore a hole to install... but there are now a few types of hinges that are completely hidden, but no need to bore a hole.... easier to install for beginners like me....
good luck...
rdagger:
--- Quote from: hyiu on June 25, 2004, 12:29:56 pm ---for the back door... I used 4 Magetic catch... (use the STRONG ones...) and it holds on very tight...
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Magnets can be damaging to monitors, hard drives, disks, etc...
You can just put a small wood lip on the lower portion of the door to hold it in place and then some type of latch or lock on the top.
If you really want hinges, you could use lift-off hinges. They work like a regular hinge except you can lift the door and the hinges come apart so the door can be removed like on a jeep.
RayB:
Soakguy:
Here's how Midway did it on my Galaga:
They routed out the side edges so that there's a "lip" that the door fits in and rests against without falling "into" the inside.
The key latch keeps it from opening out.
The bottom of the door panel has a "tongue" which fits in a groove at the bottom.
So you put the bottom in, then swing the top into place, lock the lock and it all holds in place.
The main reason I am against hinging the door, is that whenever you need to get in there you'll have to move the heavy cabinet far out enough to swing that door open. With a removable back, you just need to move it out a foot if you need to quickly grab something...