For those new to this sort of operation, and to using a table-mounted router, there are more detailed instructions under the ‘Full fitting instructions tab’. NB: For experienced woodworkers this quickstart guide will probably be all you need. Quickstart fitting smartHinge quickstart guide: And with the excellent new UK manufacturer in place – and considering the huge savings in time, effort and stress that so many have already benefitted from – there isn’t a better deal around!ġ2 – buy smartHinge securely online using PayPal/debit/credit card – or email me if you’d prefer to pay by some other method. This ensures that a higher proportion of the price you pay goes into the actual hinge, not into admin/markup/third-party profit. – the smartHinge isn’t available through any retail outlets so there’s no retail markup. As long as your box has a wall thickness of 10 mm or more, the smartHinge will do the job for you. Well, the smartHinge is the best hinge there is to solve this all-too-common problem. – we’ve all done it, avoided the hinge issue until it’s too late! The result? – you have a perfectly good box for which you can’t find suitable hinges. But definitely not – the simple, elegant good looks of the smartHinge will fit in with almost any style of box.ġ0 – smartHinge is extremely easy to fit retrospectively – you could be forgiven for thinking that all this emphasis on the ease of fitting and function would in some way involve a compromise in the way it looks. Every stage of the manufacture is regularly monitored to ensure that the smartHinge is the most accurate and beautifully made hinge there is. – all British made in the West Midlands, precision machined from solid brass the smartHinge is carefully made to exacting tolerances achieving a level of consistency not possible using normal mass-production techniques. Every element, from stock thickness to the leaf dimensions, from the size, spacing, format and positioning of the screw holes to the exact stop angle has been carefully considered to ensure that the smartHinge is the very best box hinge you can buy. – this is not just a marginal upgrade based on an existing hinge. – most box hinges come with NO instructions at all, a lamentable lack of support for what is an extremely stressful, and crucial, part of making a box. The quality of screws supplied with many ‘high quality’ hinges is obviously a common problem and regularly moaned about in WW forums …Ħ – smartHinge comes with full online fitting fitting instructions, and a YouTube video – 8 x 5/8″ no.3 brass countersunk wood screws plus spares. One pass for each leaf using an 8mm cutter on a table mounted router, drill and screw in place and … job done! No messing around with unwieldy hand held routers or expensive templates, no second passes with tape on the fence to widen the cut – and remember: NO awkward digging out under the hinges to take a stay!ĥ – smartHinge comes with high quality brass countersunk screws And because they are precision made and absolutely consistent the result is 100% accurate, every time. – the smartHinge’s three key features – no quadrant stay, no ‘L’ shape and a traditional round knuckle – make the smartHinge extremely simple to fit. This requires an extra machining operation to allow the knuckle to rotate and spoils the look of the back of your box.Ĥ – smartHinge is extremely easy to install – almost all other similar siderail hinges achieve the stop by having a square, or partially square knuckle. – this format of hinge allows us to finally do away with this redundant legacy feature – it was only ever necessary on cheap hinges made from sheet material, but inexplicably perpetuated by certain ‘quality’ hinge manufacturers, mentioning no names – Brusso! It means that no expensive template/setting up is needed and fitting is hugely facilitated.ģ – smartHinge has a perfectly round knuckle And because there’s no separate stay to accommodate there’s no fussy, angled excavation under the hinge flaps, and no problems screwing in the back screw around the stay when you come to fit … At the heart of this innovative hinge is a beautifully conceived but simple hidden stop incorporated into the knuckle. – but nevertheless stops the lid securely at exactly 92.5˚.
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