Hello Ryan. Thank you for your comment and question. Unfortunately, the answer to your question is: "It depends". It depends on the type of hinge you use, the thickness of doors and cabinet, and how you need the doors to open and close. You must take care, understand how your hinges work, and how they must fit on the door. The Blum hinges I used required that large flat-bottomed hole in the back of the door, the diameter of that hole controlled how far the hinge could be fitted from the edge of the door and therefore the amount of overlap between the edge of the door and the hole you need it to cover in the cabinet. I looked through the hinge specification, I made sketches and drawings, but I was still not completely convinced I had it right. In the end I bought two hinges which I thought would do the job, I fitted them to two pieces of MDF as shown in my video. That little jig worked well, I tested my dimensions and the function of the hinge. What you see in the video is in face the second jig, the first one didn’t work as I thought it would. There are lots of variables when it comes to fitting hinges, I suggest you do what I did and test the hinge function on a jig. Sorry, I don’t feel I have been of much help. Please let me know how you get on. Take Care Jim
Would this work if your uprights/sides are only 36mm thick ? IE 2 18mm Mdf wardrobes
And doors are 27mm thick
Hello Ryan. Thank you for your comment and question. Unfortunately, the answer to your question is: "It depends". It depends on the type of hinge you use, the thickness of doors and cabinet, and how you need the doors to open and close.
You must take care, understand how your hinges work, and how they must fit on the door. The Blum hinges I used required that large flat-bottomed hole in the back of the door, the diameter of that hole controlled how far the hinge could be fitted from the edge of the door and therefore the amount of overlap between the edge of the door and the hole you need it to cover in the cabinet. I looked through the hinge specification, I made sketches and drawings, but I was still not completely convinced I had it right. In the end I bought two hinges which I thought would do the job, I fitted them to two pieces of MDF as shown in my video. That little jig worked well, I tested my dimensions and the function of the hinge. What you see in the video is in face the second jig, the first one didn’t work as I thought it would. There are lots of variables when it comes to fitting hinges, I suggest you do what I did and test the hinge function on a jig. Sorry, I don’t feel I have been of much help. Please let me know how you get on. Take Care Jim