Hi, I am making wood boxes. sides and front is 1/4" and the back is 3/8".
I am old and its very hard to put screws in the hinges. is there other ways
to hinge a wooden box that I dont know of. Any remarks would be great. I
remain

Donald Weber laid this down on his screen :
Hi, I am making wood boxes. sides and front is 1/4" and the back is 3/8". I
am old and its very hard to put screws in the hinges. is there other ways to
hinge a wooden box that I dont know of. Any remarks would be great. I
remain

Hi Donald.
Have you drilled pilot holes for the screws? A smallish hole about half
the size of the fattest part of the screw drilled 3/4s of the depth of
the screw makes screwing a lot easier. I always use a battery powered
screw driver too and that makes life a lot easier too.
HTH
Mekon

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Hi, I am making wood boxes. sides and front is 1/4" and the back is
3/8". I am old and its very hard to put screws in the hinges. is
there other ways to hinge a wooden box that I dont know of. Any
remarks would be great. I remain



You can make "pin" hinges, where the sides come up level with the top and
pins or rods go through the sides into the edges of the top. This is
probably the simplest/easiest/cheapest way to hinge a top. see picture
below.

Two other "simple" ways are miniature barrel hinges such as:
http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=3267

and barbed hinges:http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=3744

Both require careful drilling of holes, but you can use a drill press and
some simple fixtures to make this dead easy and spot on every time.

Hello Donald,
Glue on nylon or fabric hinge. Epoxy on (small brass hinges.......)
just a thought.
jloomis
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Hi, I am making wood boxes. sides and front is 1/4" and the back is 3/8".
I am old and its very hard to put screws in the hinges. is there other
ways to hinge a wooden box that I dont know of. Any remarks would be
great. I remain

On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:22:19 GMT, "Donald Weber" wrote:

Hi, I am making wood boxes. sides and front is 1/4" and the back is 3/8".
I am old and its very hard to put screws in the hinges. is there other ways
to hinge a wooden box that I dont know of. Any remarks would be great. I
remain

If you can drill a hole, these will work great, if the stock is think enough...

http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=3267


mac

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"jloomis" wrote in
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Hello Donald,
Glue on nylon or fabric hinge.

Or glue on leather hinges. I seem to recall that leather was a traditional
material for primitive construction for everything from storage lockers to
doors.

"Donald Weber" wrote in message
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Hi, I am making wood boxes. sides and front is 1/4" and the back is 3/8".
I am old and its very hard to put screws in the hinges. is there other
ways
to hinge a wooden box that I dont know of. Any remarks would be great. I
remain


You remain what?

B.

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"Donald Weber" wrote in message
news:fJ7Zi.32$OJ.15@trndny06...
Hi, I am making wood boxes. sides and front is 1/4" and the back is
3/8".
I am old and its very hard to put screws in the hinges. is there other
ways
to hinge a wooden box that I dont know of. Any remarks would be great.
I
remain


You remain what?

B.

This explains the salutation

http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/pe/address4_e.cfm

Mekon

Ummmm... I know about the salutation, he just didn't complete it.

B.

Donald Weber wrote:
Hi, I am making wood boxes. sides and front is 1/4" and the back is 3/8".
I am old and its very hard to put screws in the hinges. is there other ways
to hinge a wooden box that I dont know of. Any remarks would be great. I
remain


I've had good success using slot or barbed hinges in small boxes. You
have to cut a very narrow slot (1/32") and then the hinge is inserted to
the slot and held by the barbs. You can cut the slots on a router or
router table with the correct blade?

I have used a strip of leather as a hinge. It can be quite
striking. Go to the local thrift store and look through the
ladies belts for interesting finishes and colors.

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Keep the whole world singing . . . .
DanG (remove the sevens)




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Hi, I am making wood boxes. sides and front is 1/4" and the
back is 3/8". I am old and its very hard to put screws in the
hinges. is there other ways to hinge a wooden box that I dont
know of. Any remarks would be great. I remain

On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:47:11 -0500, "Buddy Matlosz"
wrote:


Hi, I am making wood boxes. sides and front is 1/4" and the back is
3/8".
I am old and its very hard to put screws in the hinges. is there other
ways to hinge a wooden box that I dont know of. Any remarks would be great.
I remain


You remain what?

B.

This explains the salutation

http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/pe/address4_e.cfm

Mekon

Ummmm... I know about the salutation, he just didn't complete it.

B.

He just wasn't sure of your title..


mac

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Buddy Matlosz brought next idea :
"Mekon" wrote in message
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Buddy Matlosz wrote on Sunday :
"Donald Weber" wrote in message
news:fJ7Zi.32$OJ.15@trndny06...
Hi, I am making wood boxes. sides and front is 1/4" and the back is 3/8".
I am old and its very hard to put screws in the hinges. is there other
ways to hinge a wooden box that I dont know of. Any remarks would be
great. I remain


You remain what?

B.

This explains the salutation

http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/pe/address4_e.cfm

Mekon

Ummmm... I know about the salutation, he just didn't complete it.

B.

OIC, I have a vague memory of an English teacher saying that the
parting salutation is often abbreviated like that albeit with an
elipsis. She was probably wrong as I haven't seen it often since then.

Mekon