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
<[email protected]> 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, 03 Jan 2018 23:15:34 -0500
[email protected] 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 <[email protected]> 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/uploads/2013/01/20cabopen-1024x768.jpg
> No alignment issues.
that is a distinct advantage
On Wed, 3 Jan 2018 18:42:12 -0800, Electric Comet
<[email protected]> 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.
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