Owen Lawrence wrote:

Here's some stuff to consider
http://home.comcast.net/~charliebcz/...olCabinet.html

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Like you, I too procrastinated on
installing the piano hinges.

There are some slick tricks for piano hinges
1. the reaily available ones (aka the less expensive ones)
don't close flat - out of the box. But if you put them
in a metal vise, with the hinge rod down flush with
the vise jaw tops and then squish them flat you
can fix that shortcoming
2. If you
-lay the cabinet on its back
- tape s piece of wood that's the same thickness
as the hinge to the side as a spacer
- block and shim up the door 'til its inside
edge is at the same height as the front edge
and up against the shim taped to the cabinet side
of the cabinet
- MAKE SURE THE TOP (or bottom) OF THE DOOR
LINES UP WITH THE BOTTOM OF THE CABINET
- clamp the door and cabinet together so they can't
move
- ovalize three of the holeson each side of the hinge
- the second down from the top, the second up from
the bottom and one towards the middle - will
give you a little (emphasis on "little") adjustment
room.
- set the opened hinge in place, the hinge rod
side against the cabinet edge (should fit snug
in the space between the door and the cabinet)
- use a self centering VIX bit to drill pilot holes
for the ovalized locations of the screws
- put in six screws in the predrilled ovalized holes
- test the fit
- if need be, adjust the fit using only two of the
ovalized holes on either the door or the cabinet.
- test the fit again and, if need be, use two of
the ovalized holes in the cabinet or door, whichever
hasn't been tweeked yet.

- when you've got the fit you want, VIX the rest
of the holes and install the rest of the screws.

Simple right?

charlle b


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