Woodworker's Journal 1992-16-6, страница 58
I he Hinge You can make this box with a plain brass butt hinge, but the wooden hinge shown is a novel idea, and it's easy to make. Our illustration (pg. 59) shows how. The hinge has only three different parts—a pair of leaves (K), a pair of posts (L) and a pair of brass pins (M). Starting with an 8 in. length of 7/i*> in. thick stock, crosscut a pair of dadoes, each 74 in. wide by s/k» in. deep. Then rip off a pair of /i6 in. wide strips for the two leaves (Step I). The width of your source board isn't important; we show a wider board for safety, but if vou are making several boxes as gifts, it's just as easy to rip a few extra strips as needed for the other hinges. As shown in Step 2. cut a pair of 5/i6 in. thick by 7» in. wide by -/a in. long posts, then sand the same corner of both posts and the same corner of each leaf to a gentle radius. Glue the posts into the bottom leaf of the hinge, and stand the top leaf on edge, as shown. When the bottom leaf/post assembly is dry. slide the top leaf into place as shown in Step 3, clamp securely, and drill into the ends of the bottom leaf and through the posts, using a l/\b in. dia. bit. We used long brass escutcheon pins—clipping the heads off—as our pivot pins, but finish nails will work as well. The key here is to not use a pin that's larger than the '/if> in. hole. The leaf and post parts would split fairly easily if an oversize pin is forced into an undersi7ed hole. As shown in Step 4. next up is sanding the hack of the hinge, so that when opened, the lid will stop al just past 90 degrees. This sanding is pretty much an incremental sand-and-check procedure. Prior to sanding, pivot the top leaf back: it w ill probably open to just shy of 90 degrees. As you sand the "TvAVKi ®-At>e V\e-><£.ViT SET lOST THX^JC.VAE-'S^ of The Woodworker's Journal |
