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Step 4Working out the hinges..
Okay, so I didn't take photos of the scrap wood I used to get rough measurements.. but you will get the idea.
I used the scrap wood to confirm my assumed knowledge and workings of cantilever hinges without wasting the hardwood in testing.
I didn't do much measuring, other than working out the maximum size I could make the hinges and have them fit in the table.
I should probably have also compared it to the couch..
I can't give you much more of a guide than to say look at the pictures below.
Note that the shorter bits of wood are the parts that move. All the bits of wood that are touching make up one hinge.
The moving parts are attached to the long parts at the same distance apart and at the same height.
The moving parts are all the same length.
Follow these two statements and your tabletop should remain level whether it is open/closed or moving between the two positions.
To provide info on the pictures themselves..
the first picture is working out where the holes will be drilled.
the second is illustrating how the hinge will look when open and confirming that my placement of the holes is correct.
the third is counter-sinking the bolts
the fourth is the roughly completed hinges (I later added nyloc nuts after discovering regular ones unscrewed with the hinging motion).
I used the scrap wood to confirm my assumed knowledge and workings of cantilever hinges without wasting the hardwood in testing.
I didn't do much measuring, other than working out the maximum size I could make the hinges and have them fit in the table.
I should probably have also compared it to the couch..
I can't give you much more of a guide than to say look at the pictures below.
Note that the shorter bits of wood are the parts that move. All the bits of wood that are touching make up one hinge.
The moving parts are attached to the long parts at the same distance apart and at the same height.
The moving parts are all the same length.
Follow these two statements and your tabletop should remain level whether it is open/closed or moving between the two positions.
To provide info on the pictures themselves..
the first picture is working out where the holes will be drilled.
the second is illustrating how the hinge will look when open and confirming that my placement of the holes is correct.
the third is counter-sinking the bolts
the fourth is the roughly completed hinges (I later added nyloc nuts after discovering regular ones unscrewed with the hinging motion).
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Jun 25, 2009. 8:27 AMkctgreat
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ingenious! i was going to order a coffeetable/desk for my very small condo, but it's really expensive to import one to thailand. now i can make one myself w/the help of my carpenter uncle! maybe he'll be able to sell some himself! everyone said they haven't seen the like before! thanks!!
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