Even in 2023, this is still useful information. This was my first time installing these on a custom cabinet I made from scratch. Worked great and the adjustability gave me a perfect gaps and lines.
Hi Joey, wanted to thank you specifically for the tip on installing inset hinges, without the proper hinge, which is exactly what I needed on one of my projects. As always, great work. Take good care.
Jesus Christ, I've been researching these hinges fr days. All I wanted was a video that said "this is what the hinges are", and "this is how you fit them". This is the first video I've come across that actually explained it. Much appreciated!
Just found this two years late. Great information. I've been building cabinets for 40 yrs, but always faceframe with conventional hinges. The high-end custom mnfcts (that I compete with...picking up the crumbs) are now using a very clever combination of frameless and framed components and every combo of concealed hinge you can imagine - it's been a steep learning curve. In my experience Blum does kill the competition - better built and more innovative- you can almost always find a hinge that will fit whatever you're trying to do. That said, I'm still learning and discovering new ways to do things.
Excellent video! Very comprehensive. I'm just fascinated by the incredible engineering that goes into these hinges. They really thought of everything and allowed a lot of tolerance.
Excellent video - completely cleared up all the gaps in my knowledge - even tells me that 18mm thick doors will work and also how I will have to modify my existing carcass to accomodate these hinges.
Awesome video brother, thank you. It helped me solve my uneven door issue. I was wondering what that 3rd screw was for. Didn't know it was that simple to raise the door 🫣
hi Joey just wanted to say a big thanks this video has been a huge help as I am changing the doors in the kitchen in my new house and you have just saved me a fortune. big thanks Richard.
Thank you very much I have not had any experience with different type of hinges or types of screws either so really great help for us folks that are just beginning to want to learn the basics. You did a wonderful job explaining about this particular hinge. I had know idea there are adjustable hinges.
It might not be a Sheraton chair, but that was extremely useful and informative. I had no idea of the basics, although I have put in dozens of conventional hinges. I had no idea there were so many types, much less that there were half-coverage and full coverage, and that these things can be adjusted. Thanks very much!
Great info, only video I have been able to find that explains more than just how to drill the 35mm hole...many others briefly discuss overlays but for the life of me I could not find any info on which plate I needed for full or half overlay...now I can order the hinges and plates online without being overcharged by a retail outlet...thx so much!
Hey Joey, Very informative, I've been playing these style hinges, but are about 20 yrs old. The ability to make the finer adjustments on the newer hinges is awesome. I think I'll lash out & buy the newer hinges next kitchen reno I do :) Thanks for the Vid. cheers Steve
May I ask what those plastic "anchors" are called. It seems after a while my screws end up loosening and nobody here checks on them and they/the door end up getting leaned on and the threading from the wood side gets damaged and the screws fall out and get lost. I was thinking of just filling the holes with the missing screws with epoxy and replacing the screws.
Thank you. The story stick will help me greatly. I'm mounting a very heavy mirror (30-40 lbs) & will use multiple hindges and was unsure how to get accuracy for the carcass portion for mounting.
Thanks Joey, that was useful clarification. Do you have a recommendation for which order to do the adjustments to the hinges once the door (or indeed pair of doors) is mounted?
Thank you, thank you the half covering information was exactly what I was looking for. Can any full overlay hinge be adjusted to only cover half of the frameless frame?
That was really helpful and easy to understand! Thank you. Still not exactly the right hinges for my project but still really helped. Anyone know what sort I need when although the door is full overlay.. hard to explain!.. there is a frame within the cupboard that is only 2 cm wide to attach the bit that would normally attach to the carcus?...
grateful sir.. i was hunting for vdo to fix my wardrobe hinge which had flipped open and could not be put back.. thx fr your super video unscrewed the separated part on other side first flipped it back in the other part and then screwed the other part flush on right position again
Good info. Did you ever come across such a hinge that opened at least 270° and would be under closing tension from at least 180°? I have a design that requires the mount to be on a partial blanking panel on the front of a cabinet.
Cheers. Thankfully I have plenty of time to work on the design for this, so I'll figure something out. Have to love these hinges for the adjustability and ease of installation though
+Fishing Buddy hi ya, my best advice is to contact the maker of the hinges you have available they will have jigs for sale. My Blum jig is about $35 NZ. Once you find a hinge you like I recommend only using them in the future that way you will get real good with them pretty quick.
When I was in cabinetmaking school I learned how to use those hinges, but I never liked them. My favourite cabinet hinges are Youngdale hinges. I dunno if they get much use outside of the US, but I love them because they're cheap and easy to use, you just cut a 7mm slot on the back of the door and then screw them in.
can you change an old hinge with a new-age hinges? we need to order for a double-door of a side kitchen cabinet. can you please tell us how to choose them (to join the 2 parts, not join the cabinet itself)?
Is there any reason not to install the bore side of a hinge in the cabinet instead of the door for an inset door? It seems like then the bulky part of the hinge would be out of your way instead of inside the cabinet.
Yes, that is the way the hinge is supposed to be installed. The geometry of how the door opens will not be correct, also they will not adjust correctly.
For euro hinges it is pretty simple. The hole in the door is 35mm in diameter, 12mm deep, and should be 5mm from the edge (or 22.5mm if measured from edge of the door wing to the center of the hole). The cabinet part is even simpler. Holes are 5mm diameter, 32mm apart and should be 37mm away from the edge of the cabinet side edge.
This is totally not always the case, there are so many different types of hinges and relevant drilling positions that this generic simplified information is not really helpful unless you specify which hinge and type you are talking about.
Hi Joey.....I know of these hinges as Euro hinges here in Aus for frameless cabinets. I think in the US they tend to like using face frames for cabinets and so use more conventional hinges........you are right they are pricey at Bunnings/ mitre 10 but I tried buying from a kitchen supply place and as I wasn't in the trades weren't interested in selling to me.......go to Bunnings was their suggestion!!! Enjoy your tutorials....cheers
SimopsAus hi, yeah the Americans seem to like there face frames, seems like more hassle than framless. admittedly I will buy from bunnings when I need 1 or 2 things. anymore and I'll order it. if you have a big order (for you) and tell them your a furniture maker they'll most likely give you a cash account .
Can anyone help me here... The doors on my cabinet and cuboard are like half inch overhang on both sides... I am trying to replace the frameless hinges with better ones but twice I have been to home Depot to get desired hinges. All of which are making the door short. What do I mean by short? Once installed, the door is short by is like 1/2- 3/4 inches from where the opening is. It's like the current hinges I'm getting placing the door 1-1 1/2 inches overlap on one side. Any suggestions???
We have a 45° corner kitchen cabinet with these style hinges. The hinges are over 30 years old and have broken. Having a hard time determining what degree/° and style to replace the hinges with. What can you recommend? The cabinet is not a "lazy susan" style. It's just inset into the corner on a 45°with a normal cabinet door.
It depends a bit on how the carcass is made. It could be that the carcass box is on a 45deg with some voids to each side which you cant access. In this case a standard hinge like in this video would work , full or half cover or insert (depending on how the doors are set up) alternatively the carcass is made to fit the corner fully , in which case the carcass wall (where the hinges attach) are in line with the closed door. Again it depends how the cabinet is made here too most likely your after a 'cranked' hinge. Best thing is to take some pics and show your local hardware guys.
Even in 2023, this is still useful information. This was my first time installing these on a custom cabinet I made from scratch. Worked great and the adjustability gave me a perfect gaps and lines.
Hi Joey, wanted to thank you specifically for the tip on installing inset hinges, without the proper hinge, which is exactly what I needed on one of my projects. As always, great work. Take good care.
Jesus Christ, I've been researching these hinges fr days. All I wanted was a video that said "this is what the hinges are", and "this is how you fit them". This is the first video I've come across that actually explained it. Much appreciated!
I’m tasked with realigning almost all of my kitchen cabinets now. They were installed 18 years ago. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
I'm ready to install my first set of hinges. This video is very informative. Thanks for the tutorial.!
Just found this two years late. Great information. I've been building cabinets for 40 yrs, but always faceframe with conventional hinges. The high-end custom mnfcts (that I compete with...picking up the crumbs) are now using a very clever combination of frameless and framed components and every combo of concealed hinge you can imagine - it's been a steep learning curve. In my experience Blum does kill the competition - better built and more innovative- you can almost always find a hinge that will fit whatever you're trying to do. That said, I'm still learning and discovering new ways to do things.
Excellent video! Very comprehensive. I'm just fascinated by the incredible engineering that goes into these hinges. They really thought of everything and allowed a lot of tolerance.
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Joey this is the best and easiest to understand videos on these hinges that I've seen! Thanks a mil for making it so simple to understand!!
Made a makeup table for the wife, needed some help with the hinges for the doors. This video was superb help! Thanks!
Love your Videos, Joey!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and wisdom.
nice instructional video and.... nice T-shirt ! May the kitchen hinges be with you !
I'm not feeling the kitchen hinges line, should have 'used the Forks' charlie, Use the Forks.........( mine is worse than yours, best wishes)
Just watched your video to fix a hinge that was preventing the cabinet from opening all the way. Thanks so much. Saved me a fortune.
Great explanation and demonstration! You just answered a lot of my hardware questions. Thank you so much!
This is the best instructional video on using these hinges I've watched. Thank you.
Thanks for the easy explanations - makes sense of it all now.
Excellent video - completely cleared up all the gaps in my knowledge - even tells me that 18mm thick doors will work and also how I will have to modify my existing carcass to accomodate these hinges.
learned more in 5 minutes watching video than trial & error in past30 years. Thankyou!
Awesome video brother, thank you. It helped me solve my uneven door issue. I was wondering what that 3rd screw was for. Didn't know it was that simple to raise the door 🫣
I love those hinges- easily adjustable and with the clip-on attachment you can even make them soft close.
Thanks for the great introduction to kitchen hinges, and just at the right time for my project.
I've used the hinges for years but never thought about the story stick. Thanks Joey
Wow thank you sooooo much! The instruction that I had were less than useless. You just saved me so much time
Great video, just what I was looking for. Great information and explanation.
+Mark G glad to help
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Nice&god job
I will trying
hi Joey just wanted to say a big thanks this video has been a huge help as I am changing the doors in the kitchen in my new house and you have just saved me a fortune. big thanks Richard.
This is the best explanation for 0 degrees and 8 degree concealed hinges.
Thank you.
Cheers. Well paced with great descriptions.
What degree overlay hinges would i need for a diagonal cupboard so that the doors open out enough?
Crystal clear just what I needed - look forward to some other vids - Thanks BigTime
I couldn't get my medicine chest door off of my new one, this allowed me to take it off and install a new cabinet! Thank you so very much!
I'm about to build my first kitchen from Scratch your vid is great and has really help me decide on how I want to fix my hinges, thank you :)
Thank you very much I have not had any experience with different type of hinges or types of screws either so really great help for us folks that are just beginning to want to learn the basics. You did a wonderful job explaining about this particular hinge. I had know idea there are adjustable hinges.
cheers
It might not be a Sheraton chair, but that was extremely useful and informative. I had no idea of the basics, although I have put in dozens of conventional hinges. I had no idea there were so many types, much less that there were half-coverage and full coverage, and that these things can be adjusted. Thanks very much!
cheers
Just came across this video. Took a lot of confusion out of the placement of these hinges. Thanks again!
Thanks bro, I'm to install these hinges and your tips helped a lot.
Thanks Joey, good overview and some helpful advise.
Wow i needed you last year when i had a broken hinge........bloody M10......thanks for posting
Great info, only video I have been able to find that explains more than just how to drill the 35mm hole...many others briefly discuss overlays but for the life of me I could not find any info on which plate I needed for full or half overlay...now I can order the hinges and plates online without being overcharged by a retail outlet...thx so much!
Great info. Keep up the great work!!
Thank you very much, with your help we were able to fix a broken cabinet door.
Hey Joey,
Very informative, I've been playing these style hinges, but are about 20 yrs old. The ability to make the finer adjustments on the newer hinges is awesome. I think I'll lash out & buy the newer hinges next kitchen reno I do :)
Thanks for the Vid.
cheers
Steve
cool , glad to help
Excellent content! Thank you very much for the hard work to produce it.
May I ask what those plastic "anchors" are called. It seems after a while my screws end up loosening and nobody here checks on them and they/the door end up getting leaned on and the threading from the wood side gets damaged and the screws fall out and get lost. I was thinking of just filling the holes with the missing screws with epoxy and replacing the screws.
Thank you - very informative.
Thank you for your lessons.
hi when making double doors how much do i minus for these inches
Brilliant, straightforward information, thank you from Suz in Australia ⭐️👌⭐️
My door fell of the mounts and I cannot get it back on.....
Thank you.
The story stick will help me greatly.
I'm mounting a very heavy mirror (30-40 lbs) & will use multiple hindges and was unsure how to get accuracy for the carcass portion for mounting.
Amazing! most simple and precious explanation, Thanks for your efforts
Thanks Joey, that was useful clarification. Do you have a recommendation for which order to do the adjustments to the hinges once the door (or indeed pair of doors) is mounted?
its all about the gaps between doors, if that does not look good . it all looks bad. then you can fiddle with the other adjusments .
Thank you, thank you the half covering information was exactly what I was looking for. Can any full overlay hinge be adjusted to only cover half of the frameless frame?
Thanks mate. Good info. Cheers from Timaru!
Thank you for sharing... all the best mate!
Great information. Thanks for posting this.
Great video! Big like! 👍👍👍
really useful video, i've used the 'easy hinge' type kitchen hinges before but knowing how to use would be handy as they're much more versatile
Great info! Thanks
That was really helpful and easy to understand! Thank you. Still not exactly the right hinges for my project but still really helped. Anyone know what sort I need when although the door is full overlay.. hard to explain!.. there is a frame within the cupboard that is only 2 cm wide to attach the bit that would normally attach to the carcus?...
Thanks for sparing us the musical introduction
Thank you - super helpful. Now I’m off to the garage to attempt hanging my first doors.....cross your fingers.
grateful sir.. i was hunting for vdo to fix my wardrobe hinge which had flipped open and could not be put back.. thx fr your super video unscrewed the separated part on other side first flipped it back in the other part and then screwed the other part flush on right position again
Great video description! well done and very thorough. Thanks for posting
Hii
Very very informative 💯🎯thank you!
I've been using these hinges for a while now love them. Took a few tries to adjust them but once you get the feel for them they are great.
Thank you very much Joey, very useful for beginner like me
Could you show how to make the installation tool for the hinges?.
Good info. Did you ever come across such a hinge that opened at least 270° and would be under closing tension from at least 180°? I have a design that requires the mount to be on a partial blanking panel on the front of a cabinet.
Hi mitch, the best i know of is 170 deg. i think you might have to make pivot type hinge for that?
Cheers. Thankfully I have plenty of time to work on the design for this, so I'll figure something out. Have to love these hinges for the adjustability and ease of installation though
Awesome Vid. Super helpful!
That's great, thanks for your sharing.
I have these and the screws that hold the arm side keep backing out. What large size screws would you recommend to replace?
Probably need a 5mm euro screw
Nice job mate, thanks.
So we're not gonna talk about his awesome T-shirt?! :) I came for the hinge talk; I liked for the fashion.
sir how fix this broken.. means it is broken from last spring side and it is not good fitted while closing.
Thank you ! Much appreciated !
THANK YOU, Joey!!! This was incredibly helpful...:-)
Can you recommend a good jig for US novices? Yours looked very efficient.
+Fishing Buddy hi ya, my best advice is to contact the maker of the hinges you have available they will have jigs for sale. My Blum jig is about $35 NZ. Once you find a hinge you like I recommend only using them in the future that way you will get real good with them pretty quick.
Thanks for the reply, and the video.
Kreg Concealed Hinge Jig
Thanks very helpful and easy to follow.
When I was in cabinetmaking school I learned how to use those hinges, but I never liked them. My favourite cabinet hinges are Youngdale hinges. I dunno if they get much use outside of the US, but I love them because they're cheap and easy to use, you just cut a 7mm slot on the back of the door and then screw them in.
Cadwaladr haven't heard of those , I don't think there in NZ but I'll check them out Cheers
www.youngdale.com/Hinges.html
Awesome, I got what I came for inside the first minute!
Brilliant explanation.. many thanks for posting
can you change an old hinge with a new-age hinges? we need to order for a double-door of a side kitchen cabinet. can you please tell us how to choose them (to join the 2 parts, not join the cabinet itself)?
Hi from Tauranga. very useful video thanks
Is there any reason not to install the bore side of a hinge in the cabinet instead of the door for an inset door? It seems like then the bulky part of the hinge would be out of your way instead of inside the cabinet.
Yes, that is the way the hinge is supposed to be installed. The geometry of how the door opens will not be correct, also they will not adjust correctly.
Thanks very much. Great Video.
For euro hinges it is pretty simple. The hole in the door is 35mm in diameter, 12mm deep, and should be 5mm from the edge (or 22.5mm if measured from edge of the door wing to the center of the hole). The cabinet part is even simpler. Holes are 5mm diameter, 32mm apart and should be 37mm away from the edge of the cabinet side edge.
This is totally not always the case, there are so many different types of hinges and relevant drilling positions that this generic simplified information is not really helpful unless you specify which hinge and type you are talking about.
For the half overlay hinges, what is the minimum overlay they can be adjusted for?
I think in theory 6mm. But you can add a bigger hinge mount say 2mm instead of 0mm and get what ever you want.
Exceptional content very informative....
Is it 37mm from the edge to screw holes ?
Hi Joey.....I know of these hinges as Euro hinges here in Aus for frameless cabinets. I think in the US they tend to like using face frames for cabinets and so use more conventional hinges........you are right they are pricey at Bunnings/ mitre 10 but I tried buying from a kitchen supply place and as I wasn't in the trades weren't interested in selling to me.......go to Bunnings was their suggestion!!!
Enjoy your tutorials....cheers
SimopsAus hi, yeah the Americans seem to like there face frames, seems like more hassle than framless. admittedly I will buy from bunnings when I need 1 or 2 things. anymore and I'll order it. if you have a big order (for you) and tell them your a furniture maker they'll most likely give you a cash account .
Can anyone help me here... The doors on my cabinet and cuboard are like half inch overhang on both sides... I am trying to replace the frameless hinges with better ones but twice I have been to home Depot to get desired hinges. All of which are making the door short. What do I mean by short? Once installed, the door is short by is like 1/2- 3/4 inches from where the opening is. It's like the current hinges I'm getting placing the door 1-1 1/2 inches overlap on one side. Any suggestions???
Hard to say without a pic. Could be that the hinge mount is a 9 or 18mm and should probably only be 0mm mount. Find me on Instagram and send me a pic
We have a 45° corner kitchen cabinet with these style hinges. The hinges are over 30 years old and have broken. Having a hard time determining what degree/° and style to replace the hinges with. What can you recommend? The cabinet is not a "lazy susan" style. It's just inset into the corner on a 45°with a normal cabinet door.
It depends a bit on how the carcass is made. It could be that the carcass box is on a 45deg with some voids to each side which you cant access. In this case a standard hinge like in this video would work , full or half cover or insert (depending on how the doors are set up) alternatively the carcass is made to fit the corner fully , in which case the carcass wall (where the hinges attach) are in line with the closed door. Again it depends how the cabinet is made here too most likely your after a 'cranked' hinge. Best thing is to take some pics and show your local hardware guys.
Thanks, that was very helpful
Really helpful video thanks 👍
Thank you
nice video. can anyone tell me whats the name of that first hinges?
Brilliant well explainied, Ill book mark as a reference
Great work my Kiwi friend from the UK.....
12:59 to ffwd to adjusting hinge
Yes, please get to the point
Excellent explanation.
Thanks very your great tutorial