Wooden Hinges and Clasps
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- Опубліковано 27 лют 2015
- Why use metal hardware on a wood project when there is an infinite variety of custom, home-made wooden hinges and clasps available? This video describes an easy, versatile method for making practical wooden hinges that are useful for a wide range of projects. The detailed construction of a mahogany hinge and clasp, and their installation on a decorative bird mouth joinery box, are presented.
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You have just inspired alot of people to try something unique on their projects. Well done.
That was a refreshing and informative video without all the frills, music and "fluff" that so many choose to use for whatever reason. Nicely done David!!
woodstoney Those are kind comments, woodstoney! Thanks! I'm with you on the frills; I've never quite understood why music should enhance the transfer of woodworking information.
Just now came across this video. Wow! never thought of making a clasp. Actually been thinking of a wooden hing but I'm not sure if i have that talent. I just made a wooden tool box and wish I had seen this. Great video and putting this in my favorites. I gotta try these for sure! Thanks a bunch!!
Hi Rupert! Thanks for the kind words and for watching my video! Give the hinges a try. They're not very difficult and a lot of fun to use!
I know this video is 3 years old but a great idea is timeless, thank you David.
What a generous comment! Thanks, Stewart!
Thanks for taking the time to make this video. It's been very helpful and clear in executing the steps.
Great Work David!
I have been try to figure out hinges for a box I build and your mention was a god sent! Can't believe I found your video accidentally.
Thank you!
Thanks, Mike! I'm glad that you found the video useful. I hope that the hinge works well for you; any questions, just ask!
I have done many hinges like that before but I never really thought of the latch. What a great idea and I will give it a try. Thank you for sharing, Steve
PeriodWoodworker Thanks, Steve!
David that was a wonderful technique and video. You are a great artist and teacher. Thank you so much for taking time to share your treasure skills with us. Jared English
Jared English Thanks, Jared! You are very kind! It's incredibly enjoyable to be able to be able to reach out to the whole world of woodworkers via video!
you have an impeccably thorough & detailed teaching style. Thank you for putting this out there, i enjoyed it very much & will definitely watch the rest of your videos.
take care!
I must say that I am inspired now. I will be trying this out as I make a book holder (inspired by Steve Ramsey). It will hold my wife's bible and it'll be a Valentine's day gift.
+jessiejay23 I'm glad that you found the video inspiring, Jessie! Good luck with the project; I'd be delighted to see a photo when it is complete!
Very creative, and well done. Appreciate you sharing the process. Your boxes and hinges are some gr8 eye candy.
Roger K Comments much appreciated, Roger. Thanks! Helps a guy keep going!
Presented with clarity and humor, a wonderful learning experience, many thanks! I will be making hinges for my next few projects, a very nice touch indeed.
Thank you very much for this video. You explained everything so clearly. I'm going to uses this on my next project.
Seriously, thank you for sharing this. It seems like a ton of work, but the finished product looks so much better than metal hinges screwed on.
Thanks for the kind comment, Case K! The hinge comes together faster than you might think, especially if you can cut a straight line on a scroll saw, something I'm not too good at!
Well you made it work!
Fantastic video, very informative and very well done. Thank you from a 62 year old grandfather who is about to make toy and jewelry boxes for the grand kids.
God bless
Many thanks for your kind comments, Charles! Good luck with your projects!
Thank you for sharing this, David! You and your knowledge are a treasure. I am always happy to have a chance to slow down and enjoy your careful process and explanation.
Thanks, Bill! I especially appreciate such generous comments coming from a teacher! I wish that I could satisfy my need for thoroughness with shorter videos; hope this thing didn't slow you down too much!
Thank you David Henry. Another master class in maintaining standards and passing on knowledge which might be lost. You can rest assured that some of your lessons here will be adopted by me and incorporated into projects worthy of your praise.
Brilliant, I too have trouble with the Brass Piano hinges, what you have shown is just what I want, many thanks from Australia.
Thanks, David!
Again I must thank you for the instructions, I really love all of the techniques you have shown.
Thank you, a wonderful box and enjoyable lesson in wooden hinges and clasps...
Excellent tutorial! Beautiful box. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for your kind comments, Sunshine!
Thank you david! Very well presented! Love your demonstrations!
Glad you enjoyed it! Kind comments from folks like you make it all worthwhile!
Absolutely beautiful! Simple, gorgeous and functional! Can't say enough about your work. I thoroughly enjoyed watching and will surely use this technique in future projects. Cheers!
Hi Kevin! Sorry for the delay in replying. Many thanks for your several kind comments! I hope that your work with these hinges turns out well. Contact me if you have any problems.
Excellent video! Your instructions are very easy for me to understand and I will use your wood hingees on the utility boxes that I plan to build when the sun comes up today.
Thanks!
+homegrowntomatoes1 Many thanks for your kind remarks! I'm glad you found the hinges useful. I hope that the sun sets on your shop with some beautiful utility boxes completed!
Very nice work young man, keep it up. Thank you for your time.
Absolutely super job, can't wait to give it a go ! Thanks for sharing
Pete holloway Kind words indeed, Pete! Thanks!
Very nice work. Thank you for a very well explained video!
David,
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing your ideas and technique.
Thanks, Don!
An excellent video I would never have attempted to make wooden hinges but now that I have seen this video I am ready to make the attempt. Thank you!
Thanks, Paul! Good luck with your hinges!
David, Wonderful video. You did a marvelous job of explaining the process of making and fitting the wooden hinge and wooden clasp to the beautifully designed box. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with the viewers.
Thanks, Jim! I'm delighted that you found it enjoyable.
Odlično, čestitamo i hvala! S'poštovanjem!
Beautiful work! Thanks for sharing your techniques.
Glad you enjoyed it, Richard! I wish that I could figure out how to do it with shorter videos, though!
great video! I'm in the process of building a vardo in readiness for travelling Europe by horse and caravan and, the idea of wooden hinges is a fantastic addition to the overall theme :)
Hi Mike! Sounds like you have a great adventure planned; good luck with it! Wooden hinges sound perfect in the context of a vardo (a word I had to look up!)
Magnificent and master class of a great craftsman of wood.
Thank you very much for your knowledge.
A great greeting
Very exquisite piece of art, David. Thanks for sharing.
+Green Kitty Many thanks for your kind remarks!
Such a restful, but so thorough walk-thru! Wow!!!I wanna go make some sawdust!
Very refreshing! A video that was well made and easily understood. Great voice too! I dislike those little screws as well. Thank you sir!
Jeff Miller Thank you, Jeff!
Excelente trabajo maestro, gracias por su explicación visual
very beautiful and nice work, and I saw ways to improve even more on the details by for instance - using wood in the intern hinge in part too
Thank you for great video and all your tips all the best john.
Superb ! Good detailed instructions. I can't wait to try it!
Thanks so much for posting.
Terry Beadle Thanks, Terry! It's nice comments like yours that make doing these videos so satisfying and such fun. I'm delighted that you are going to give the hinges a try!
I really like the look of these. Nicely explained in the video as well.
Thanks, Howard! Glad you enjoyed them!
Beautiful work and a very helpful tutorial on hinge and clasp making.
Hankshaw Thanks, Hank!
David: Thank you so much for the outstanding video. I love the way you explain in great detail how to build this hinge. You explain everything very well in all your videos. You do such a good job in you explanation I know I can now build a wooden hinge. Keep up the good work. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Hi Arnold! Thank you for your very generous comments!
Excellent video. Thank you for sharing your methods and procedures with us.
+bm3823 Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent work as usual
Excellent craftsmanship as usual
Thanks, Neels!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge on this!
Glad to be of help, Joe!
brilliant! thank you for sharing. And that is one handsome box you built!
Thanks, Stew!
This was a very interesting video. I really enjoyed watching and learning at the same time of how to make these types of wooden hinges and clasps. I had never tried something like this. I will be making a Toy Box for my 2 week old twin Granddaughters in the near future and I like the fact that there are no parts a child could easily get tiny fingers pinched in or clothing snagged onto. You did a wonderful job making this video. The finished box looks magnificent.
+Lee Fuller Hi Lee! Thanks for the kind words and for looking at my video. I hope the toy box turns out beautifully!
Thank you Mr. Henry, a very good video with detailed instructions. You covered the little things that would get in the way of making these projects. Well done sir.
Thanks for the kind words, Thomas, and for looking at my video!
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This is a great video!! Been looking for something like this for a long time!! I make small boxes as a hobby and am tired of trying to find small hinges for them and when I do paying a fortune!! I'm going to try some tomorrow on a box I've done all by hand, dovetails, inlay, and a string design. I know what you mean about the scroll saw I got to the point that I just put mine away as it made me so mad!! Please keep the videos coming!!
+nella417 Thanks for the generous words and pertinent comments! Good luck with the hinges! Sounds like you make very cool boxes; I'd love to see a photo, via my web site, if you are ever in the mood to send one.
DavidHenry I really enjoyed your video showing us how to make wooden hinges and the latch. Pretty amazing work I must say. I would be like you with a scroll saw I’d probably be all over the place. I would have to practice as I imagine you did back when you started. Anyway I’m going to have to give it a go and see if I can build one. So thank you for the video I’ll sure be watching your videos.
Your work is beautiful, thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks, Juan!
This is a really great tutorial. Thanks for putting it together! I just had the awful experience of a cheap brass screw head breaking off in the middle of installing a hinge. I'm going to try out wooden hinges like this.
Thanks! I feel pretty good about these wooden hinges; i haven't used any brass ones since I figured them out. I know what you mean about "awful experience" with a broken screw. Not easy to recover from; I hope you didn't say any bad words!
davidhenry32 I refrained myself. It's a prototype box anyways.
Lovely job, I may try that,
You sound like a teacher, a good one too.
Thank you,Sir.
Thanks, John! Very kind of you to comment, but not a teacher. Just enthusiastic about woodworking!
Great idea. Very informative and enjoyable video. Keep up the good work.
That is brilliant, very well done and they look amazing Thanks
Steven Mason You are very kind, Steven. Thank you!
it's really nice. And your finished box is totally gorgeous!
+Mystipaoniz Thanks!
Ingenious and well-made. Thank you!
Thanks, Jerry!
Great job David! Very well done.
Kind words much appreciated! Thanks!
Very good instructional video. Thank you. You do nice work. Your instruction was clear and concise. Good job.
+gary gibbs Thanks, Gary! Glad you enjoyed it!
Pretty Cool Dave. Nice work!
I just found this and you did a great job, I might give it a go myself.
It gave some ideas Thank You!
james shelton I'm delighted that the video triggered some ideas! Thanks!
Excellent video and information. Thanks for posting!
+Billy H. Thanks, Billy!
Fantastic stuff David, you are ab absolute inspiration. Thanks mate....Kev
Kevin Gardner Many thanks, Kev! Glad you liked it.
Great show I tryed making a hinge a few days ago. I like the way you did them will give it a try. Thank you. Guy W
+Guy Ward Hi Guy! Thanks for the post; I hope your hinge turns out well. Let me know if you have any problems.
What a fantastic video! Thank you for sharing.
Thanks, Roborovski! Much appreciated!
Great educational video. Thanks for taking the time to share.
+smokedtires Thanks for your comments. Glad you found it informative!
Excelente trabajo y una explicación perfecta
Inpressive design/build david thanks for sharing.
Thanks, Greg!
Thanks so very much Dave, It was very informative and you have great skills with and your explanation are crystal clear. I wish you would show how you made the lid.
jarhead4GodThanks much! I'm glad that you enjoyed the video! The lid and body of the box were assembled as one piece and then band-sawed apart. This is the same method used with making the two napkin holders in my previous video. For making a box with lid this technique has the advantage that the resulting box and lid parts are perfectly matched as to grain and fit.
absolutely loved this video! thanks for sharing
+todd sharp Thanks, Todd! Glad you liked it.
Another well explained video!!
Thanks, David!
Excellent video! Thanks for posting.
turtle racer Thank you! I appreciate both your viewing and your comment!
Thank you. I can't wait to try this!
Thanks for the comment, Janet! Any questions, just ask.
I have made some with a box joint cut but man i like these much better i will give it a go thanks for your video
Beautiful work !!!
Thanks, Apache Wind!
Excellent technique. I'll have to give that a try!
Thanks for your kind comment and interest! I'd be pleased to hear how it works for you.
Thank you for talking and not playing the same 15 seconds of music over and over. Excellent scrolling too.
Thanks, Wayne! Greatly appreciate your comments!
Very well done and I like the idea of an all wood box with hinge and clasp. Excellent job in describing all the steps, concise and thorough. Two thoughts came to mind.
1. As an alternative for keeping the clasp closed, you could drill out and inset small dot magnets in each side of the clasp, just be sure to align the magnetic poles correctly.
2. Cut a slight recess on the underside of the clasp for fingertip access to facilitate opening.
Great project and I'm sure I'll be adding this to my boxes soon. So many possibilities for ornate hinges as well. Thanks so much for the video.
+David Johnston I was thinking the exact same thoughts... plus, using brass rod OR a wooden dowel for the pin as IF the box is ever stored in a damp location, rust and rust staining would be an issue at the joints (or could be anyway).
I'm going to be making a wedding box for our daughter and I believe THIS process is the one she's going to be getting...
Thank YOU for taking the time to show us all DavidHenry... Much Appreciated.
+David Johnston Thanks for the kind words, David! I like your ideas for modifying and /or improving the latch closure. Sorry for the delay in responding; I usually try to reply at the time a comment is made.
+Ernie Zimmer Hi Ernie! I would probably have used brass rod for hinge pins at the time I did this video but couldn't find it locally. I agree rust could be a problem, and brass is easier to cut as well. I'm very flattered that you would consider using this type of wooden hinge for your daughter's wedding box. If you are ever in the mood I would greatly enjoy seeing a photo of the box (send via my website, above). Thanks for your thoughtful and generous comments.
Dave,
You are a true artist and teacher.
This is a great video, and a great idea for me later.
My woodworking is not yet up to this kind of gift work, and yet this is an idea that will help me with so many other ideas I want to do.
Your explanations of how and why really make this much more useful to me, at least. I am one who wants to know why, and how, and ONLY then can I proceed.
I will be looking at your other videos, and I truly appreciate you as a person and a teacher.
I love the lessons I get from You Tube. Like this, I will pick up pieces and be able to use them in later projects as bits and pieces of what I assemble!
Dave
Dave McCracken Thanks, Dave! You are far too kind. Your point, that you want to know why and how before you start a project, really resonates with me. Good luck with your future projects; if any questions arise where I might help, please ask.
absolutely remarkable work, Thanks
Thanks, Eulayses! Comment much appreciated!
I'm just getting started with wood working an made some wooden box's an really find this helpful
Glad to hear, Jonathon! Thanks!
Well I made the hing and the clasp today. I can't say it turned out as some of my finest work by no means but for my first go around, not so bad. I didn't use a router though. I managed to fine a very thin kerf 7 1/4" blade for the table saw and it turned out great for cutting in the metal rod. Think I will make a few more hinges in different sizes to keep around. Maybe a few clasps to.
Many thanks for your comments, Coomanboo! Glad to hear of your successful variation using a table saw; good idea!
Master work! Congrats.
Luis Correia Thanks, Luis! I greatly appreciate your comment.
Really nice work! I was recently asked to make a wooden urn. I think I'm going to add this detail.
Thanks for the comment, Nathaniel! Sounds like a great idea. I'd love to see a photo (via my website) if you feel so inclined!
Beautiful work.
Thanks, John!
Thank you from Russia. You Are A Master
Very nice, a beautiful job!
Thanks, Manoochehr!
I made some hinges for a box and used bamboo skewers for the hinge pins. These have proved to be durable enough for an occasional use item, and removes the last metal part.
Thanks for the comment and suggestion! I like the idea of getting rid of the last metal part, even though it is invisible.
Thank you for this excelleny video !!!
Thanks, pine3cone!
David, muchas gracias por compartir su Sabiduría y conocimiento. Muy útil su explicación. Le deseo larga Vida para que continúe siendo un libro abierto para con Todos los que aprendemos por este medio.
+LUIS CARLOS MEJIA DIAZ Hola Luis! ¡Gracias por las amables palabras! Me alegro de que haya encontrado mi video útil.
Very nice work and good teacher. Thanks
I greatly appreciate your comments, Rejean!
Thanks for those valuable tips David, I shall be trying that out as soon as I can source myself a small enough router bit.
Regards, Rich, UK.
Rich Kellow Glad that you liked the video, Rich! What is the difficulty that you are having with bit size?
I only have an 1/2" router and payday is still a while away, but I'll get there....keep the instructional videos coming please...10/10
Fantastic!! Thanks for posting.
+tom ziferTomZifer Thanks, Tom! I hope that you get a chance to try some wooden hinges.
Awesome David!
Thanks, Rye!
Brilliant, wish you'd been my woodwork teacher.
+David Paul Thanks, David! You are very generous!
Really good detail, thanks!!
+Leighton Harrison Thanks, Leighton!
Love this idea, thank you!
Thanks, Melissa!
Outstanding video!
Thanks, Bill!