Ken's Deputy 4,463 Posted February 26, 2022 Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 Okay, lads. I'm Trying here. I've googled till I'm blue in the face. Held various hinges against bits of wood. I need help! <Insert Michael Jordan Meme> I'm using 3/4" planks. Long edges bevelled to match up " _//_ ". Obviously, the left hand hinge screws into the whole depth. The right hand is in trouble. I've worked that much out What am I missing, please? Are there hinges for this? Maybe 'wider' hinges, with the holes set further back? Dunno. I'm fried. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Borr 8,259 Posted February 26, 2022 Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 8 minutes ago, Ken's Deputy said: Okay, lads. I'm Trying here. I've googled till I'm blue in the face. Held various hinges against bits of wood. I need help! <Insert Michael Jordan Meme> I'm using 3/4" planks. Long edges bevelled to match up " _//_ ". Obviously, the left hand hinge screws into the whole depth. The right hand is in trouble. I've worked that much out What am I missing, please? Are there hinges for this? Maybe 'wider' hinges, with the holes set further back? Dunno. I'm fried. Stick a picture up mate, hard to envisage what you mean? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken's Deputy 4,463 Posted February 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 Makes sense! See? Screw in a tad back from the right side bit of wood? Screw goes into solid wood, all the way. Try to match that on the left ~ hinges having pretty uniformly pre set holes ~ screw's going straight through and out the other side of the bevel. Clearer now? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 10,366 Posted February 26, 2022 Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 Put your hinges in at side to side recess them if you have too, pilot drill the holes so as not to split the wood Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Borr 8,259 Posted February 26, 2022 Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 Tee or strap hinge, maybe something like this... Or stainless equivalent. https://www.screwfix.com/p/black-powder-coated-light-duty-tee-hinge-102mm-2-pack/54636?tc=GT6&ds_kid=92700058168038222&ds_rl=1244072&gclid=CjwKCAiAvOeQBhBkEiwAxutUVKies2WzhomwhrnmviFHslnxE_4ZfYCVmeK5IKg_JOyahgXgyY2kERoCKjIQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken's Deputy 4,463 Posted February 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 I agree with Borr and his Tee hinges. I Think I can envisage how they could fit. Not quite pinned down that thought yet. Len's side to side stuff could do with illustrating too. I can't get that either. Here's the hinges I have to hand. Is everyone at least clear on what I'm trying to Do here? Probably makes more sense if ye have a clear vision of the problem. Unfortunately, my own clear vision doesn't make the problem any easier for my head to solve Hinges. (The ones on the far right are absolute harbage, by the way. Cheap, nasty ching shit. Obviously pressed 'flat' over a shingle beach!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel cain 49,528 Posted February 26, 2022 Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 You want something that can fold back past itself if that makes sense...the t hinges Borr posted will work,bend them accordingly and fix Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken's Deputy 4,463 Posted February 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 Actually, the silver ones are 3". All bigger than they look. I'm now pondering cutting the bevels at a less 'steep' angle than 45. Leave more wood beneath where the screws go. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken's Deputy 4,463 Posted February 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 Fukk Me!!! Might I just have cracked it a ridiculously simpler way? Finally seeing the wood for the fukking trees? Fukking Protractor, right? Because trying to explain degrees 'n shit with a keyboard is doing my ~ and probably Everyones! ~ head in: Now, kunt struck here has been thinking of working to 45 degrees. 'Because that's what people do'! (Fikk Kunt!!!) Well, the purpose of the whole object is just to block light from the joint between two planks. How about I simply cut to 85 degrees??? Light can't get past that! Leaves practically ALL the fukking wood, for the screws to live in! Am I missing something here? Or am I possibly just too fukking dense to be trusted on my own?! I said I over think shit. But, this is just fukking ridiculous, surely? Please tell me this is right. I haven't missed some glaring error. I can cut my planks now? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wilbur foxhound 480 Posted February 27, 2022 Report Share Posted February 27, 2022 Why don’t you cut the timber to 90 degrees and use ordinary flat hinges,atb wf Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken's Deputy 4,463 Posted February 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2022 Light, Wilbur. I just don't want slits of sunlight. Or the ever present thought that somebody could be peering through the cracks But, yeah. I'm quite happy, in my own mind, now that that slightest shift in angle will sort it all. Without throwing the screws into the void. Have to get every stupid little point worked out. Because I have to Paint the frame before fitting it. Just no way to get a brush in there afterwards Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dytkos 17,982 Posted February 27, 2022 Report Share Posted February 27, 2022 Nothing like making a big job out of a small job Cheers, D. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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