Wooden hinges

You can use metal hinges on the box, but I prefer to make my own out of the woods I’m using. You can use scrap wood to make them, and it’s just a few more cuts with the scroll saw. But it’s worth it to have perfectly matching hinges for your box! Rough out the hinges. Start by making two photocopies of the right view h

Learn how to use sandpaper to round the edges on a wooden hinge for your woodworking projects.

Wooden Hinges for Boxes - Installation Part 2 and Final Here is the finished glue-up. Everything went well with a good result. There are other things that...

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I built a small cabinet with a door so I needed some hinges so I thought I would try make some wood hinges for the door. They will be made all of wood including the hinge pin. They are very strong and work well. I will show you step by step how I built them. In my wood pile I had some Brazilian cherry stair treads. I like the look of cherry and since it is a hardwood I thought they would work well for the hinges. They will be cut to a width of 3.5". I used my table saw sled to cut the blocks…

Wooden Double Action Hinge A couple of weeks ago I posted a project of a wedding ring box I made for my wife. It actually received quite a few comments...

Making wooden hinges with a finger joint bit I am currently working on a Carved Lock Miter Box and will post it as a project upon completion. In the mean...

Hello everybody. Just wanted to share my box. My uncle is an architect and one year when I was a young boy he made us all wooden boxes for Christmas. I thought that was so neat, I still have it on...

Getting started I had a few of the boxmakers asking for a tutorial blog on the method I have used to make inlaid hinges. This is a first for me so be...