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Nannuu:


--- Quote from: Quarters on June 10, 2005, 01:33:47 am ---I think this it what your looking for. I got some at Home depot. I think they are called "hidden hinges" They are spring loaded so they will stay in the open or closed position.

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I tried these on an angled panel once, they didn't push the panel out far enough.  So it scraped the adjacent panel.  With your plexi overhang I think the same will happen.

NIVO:

avery, my apologies you are correct sir, it will not work where i have it, it would however work on the outside of the same position. But most folks would not like it visible there and I would have to concur.

RayB:

Well, you could put it on the outside, but route out the wood so that the hinge is flush with the wood...


darktemp:

Unfortunately at this point the cabinet is fully assembled and painted so routing or changing the design is too late.  I regretted not building the control panel into a box that encompassed the front as NIVO posted but I was very tight on space.  I have barely enough room to fit a couple hinges on the panel as it is and getting the cp in required some routing.  This is why my original plan to just set the panel in with a couple of countersunk bolts under the plexi and using wingnuts underneath isn't going to work because it's hard to line everything up and even harder to get the wingnuts on from through the coindoor.

This will all be made clear once I post some pics in project announcements.  I also reallized that hinging from the back wouldn't allow me to remove my bezel glass without removing the panel and it wouldn't hinge more than 45 degrees.

Thanks for the heads up on the home depot hinges Quarters.  I'll stop by and see if they might work, but it's sounding like some of you think they won't.

ahofle:

You can also have the piano hinge sandwiched in between the two bevelled pieces (where the green line is drawn) so only the rounded part is shown on the outside.

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