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| pmc:
I was proud of myself that I figured out how to install a piano hinge for my keyboard drawer. Looks OK although I wasn't particularly pleased with the 1/8" gap between panels and the bulge of the hinge protruding. I'd have prefered an invisible installation if possible. But I'm used to it now. Now I'm a bit stuck. I'd like to turn the bottom panel (below the coin door at knee level) into a door so I have total access to the PC inside the cabinet. So I bought a standard set of Stanley cabinet hinges. Looks like I'll have similar problems -- a gap and protruding buckles. I keep rotating these things and staring at it and trying to figure out an alternate installation. Anyone know a different hinge or a technique for simple or invisible installation? I'm not thrilled with the idea of mortising MDF, so I'd prefer to solve the problem with hardware. I suppose I can use those funky cabinet hinges with the cantilevered arm, but I bet they are expensive. Any other ideas? Oh..... while I'm here.... I still haven't come up with a home-made marquee retainer. I figured I'd use 1/8" strips of pine as cleats. Any other ideas? - Patrick |
| Frostillicus:
--- Quote from: pmc on July 07, 2003, 09:56:20 pm ---Anyone know a different hinge or a technique for simple or invisible installation? I'm not thrilled with the idea of mortising MDF, so I'd prefer to solve the problem with hardware. I suppose I can use those funky cabinet hinges with the cantilevered arm, but I bet they are expensive. Any other ideas? Oh..... while I'm here.... I still haven't come up with a home-made marquee retainer. I figured I'd use 1/8" strips of pine as cleats. Any other ideas? --- End quote --- hinge - I'm used to my piano hinges showing - you really don't notice it after awhile, like you said. To solve your hinge problem with the front door I would have recommended routing or chiseling out the wood (or mdf). post a detailed pic of the area you want to hinge...that could help us more. for the marquee retainer I picked up some cheap corner molding from home depot and painted it black. I don't even think it's wood, it was originally white, looks like some type of hard foamcore or something. It drills well and takes paint decently. Got the idea from Oscar - he posted good results with similar materials. |
| Amra:
If people are so paranoid about unslightly hinges, why dont they use ones that are invisible (to the naked eye). If your interested, check out this website... http://www.soss.com/ They are very nice, and many that would be perfect for cabs... all invisible! |
| pmc:
--- Quote from: Amra on July 07, 2003, 11:05:05 pm ---If people are so paranoid about unslightly hinges, why dont they use ones that are invisible (to the naked eye). If your interested, check out this website... http://www.soss.com/ They are very nice, and many that would be perfect for cabs... all invisible! --- End quote --- I don't know about "paranoid" about it, but exposed hinges certainly takes away from the authenticity of a home-built cab. I want it to look like a real commercial cab. No one needs to know that the panel opens up but me. Those hinges require mortising, but it looks like it comes with a router template so I feel good about that (versus a chisel). I'll check it out. You think they sell 'em at Home Depot? |
| u_rebelscum:
--- Quote from: pmc on July 07, 2003, 11:37:16 pm ---I don't know about "paranoid" about it, but exposed hinges certainly takes away from the authenticity of a home-built cab. I want it to look like a real commercial cab. No one needs to know that the panel opens up but me. --- End quote --- FWIW, many of the real arcade cabs have "visible" (but hard to see) piano hinges. They were hard to see because of location (helped by the bent metal CP plate), it being same color & material as the CP, the CP metal plate thickness being the same as the hinge, and the dark lighting in the arcades. I think the arcade repair people liked the hinges because they make it easier to fix problems on the control panel (no need to find a table to put the CP while it was being worked on). For example, the Pole Position cab I have has a visible hinge, but it is very hard to see unless I'm looking for it. Of course, this was only true for metal control panels, so probably not relevent for you CP. ;) |
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