aka continuous hinge

looking at some designs online and all seem to use piano hinges

for cabinets where the doors do double duty for storage they all use
piano hinges

is it just more strength because it seems to me that three hinges
should be plenty for a 3 foot long door

maybe there are other benefits to a piano hinge that i am missing


easier to install was one thing i considered but not sure if that
is so important

On Wed, 3 Jan 2018 18:42:12 -0800, Electric Comet
wrote:

aka continuous hinge
looking at some designs online and all seem to use piano hinges
for cabinets where the doors do double duty for storage they all use
piano hinges
is it just more strength because it seems to me that three hinges
should be plenty for a 3 foot long door
maybe there are other benefits to a piano hinge that i am missing
easier to install was one thing i considered but not sure if that
is so important



Long thin-ish stock with heavy load. .. many small screws.
perhaps ?
John T.

On Wed, 3 Jan 2018 18:42:12 -0800, Electric Comet
wrote:

aka continuous hinge

looking at some designs online and all seem to use piano hinges

for cabinets where the doors do double duty for storage they all use
piano hinges

is it just more strength because it seems to me that three hinges
should be plenty for a 3 foot long door

maybe there are other benefits to a piano hinge that i am missing


easier to install was one thing i considered but not sure if that
is so important





Basically invisible open or closed, full support of the hinged joint.
No alignment issues.

On Wed, 03 Jan 2018 23:15:34 -0500
wrote:

Long thin-ish stock with heavy load. .. many small screws.
perhaps ?

ok you are saying that ease of install and better load capacity are
the advantages

but if the stock is thick enough regular hinges will be fine

hmmm since i have plenty of regular hinges and no piano hinges

On Wed, 03 Jan 2018 23:27:38 Clare Snyder wrote:

Basically invisible open or closed, full support of the hinged joint.

invisibility might be better called mostly concealed when closed but
visible when open

http://upperleftcoast.com/wp-content...n-1024x768.jpg

No alignment issues.

that is a distinct advantage