Blum hinge for inset face frame?
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kerfball
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We use 71b3650 hinges with 175h5030 inset mounting plate. Blum part numbers can be confusing .
jar944
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175h5030 as mentioned are the ff mounts, but I don't know anyone who likes them.
What is your spacing offset from the box side to the FF opening? Typically you try to keep the sides back a distance that matches a standard baseplate height.
What is your spacing offset from the box side to the FF opening? Typically you try to keep the sides back a distance that matches a standard baseplate height.
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kerfball
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Jar, which hinge and mounting plate you use for face frames
jar944
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173H7100 or 173H7130 0/3mm plates and 71B9790 hinges
I usually buy them from https://www.woodworkerexpress.com/
This is the one I was looking at, but it seems it's only for "half crank" hinges.
What is a "half crank" hinge?
What is your spacing offset from the box side to the FF opening? Typically you try to keep the sides back a distance that matches a standard baseplate height.
If I'm understanding you correctly, a tad under 3/4", which I thought was "standard" but based on your pic I guess not...
This vanity was first time doing concealed style inset hinges in FF. On the bases I used a block to get the mount flush with the FF, which is essentially the same effect you described above. Was hoping to avoid that as these are eye level and used daily
This is where I've been buying my slides and hinges for a while now.
But it doesn't help answer my question
jar944
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You need a 18 or 19 mm plate if it's back 3/4"
Something like 173H9100.12
Half crank, full crank and 0 crank describe the offset of the plate mount face to the door mount face of the hinge. You can use different combinations of hinges and baseplates to get the same door position
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Makes sense.
Cheap enough if I had caught it with the rest of the order, might just use a nice hardwood block finished white Soni can get these doors finished and off the bench
Somehow between throwing a bunch of stuff in my cart and checking out days later I forgot to verify a few things and mis ordered these 6 hinges.
Nothing like this to fit the hinges I bought?
jar944
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Makes sense.
Cheap enough if I had caught it with the rest of the order, might just use a nice hardwood block finished white Soni can get these doors finished and off the bench
Somehow between throwing a bunch of stuff in my cart and checking out days later I forgot to verify a few things and mis ordered these 6 hinges.
Nothing like this to fit the hinges I bought?
That was the 9mm face frame mount plate kerfball posted. People hate them because of the leverage in use often pulls out the screws or cracks the frame. If you are gentle with the doors they will work
jar944
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The easiest way to build a inset cabinet with euro hardware is with sides flush to the inside of the face frame. All the hardware is designed to be used on framless cabinets so it's always a work around. Drawer slides mounts need blocked out flush if the sides are offset from the inner FF.
Yep
Thanks, hadn't even considered that.
Should have planned this one a bit different from the start. With the question if that plate will work with the hinges I bought and the leverage issue (big concern IMHO) a few blocks and the mounts I have will be the solution.