Installing Barrel Hinges
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Watch this video and you’ll learn how to install invisible barrel hinges. Invisible? Yes, when a door fitted with barrel hinges is closed, you can’t see the hinges from the front or the side. Consider installing these disappearing barrel hinges on your next project.
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What is a Barrel Hinge?
Barrel hinges are an excellent choice when you don’t want the woodworking hardware showing on the outside of the finished piece. For clean lines and simplicity, barrel hinges are perfect. The drawback to barrel hinges is that they are trickier to install than standard hinges.
Installing a Barrel Hinge
When you learned how to build cabinets, you also learned how to install standard hinges. It’s time to learn something new!
There are several things to remember when you’re working with barrel hinges. First, they come in a variety of sizes and the sizes are metric. You absolutely must drill an exact-match metric-size hole for a barrel hinge. And, those holes must be correctly located or the hinge won’t operate properly. Meticulous layout is a must because there’s no room for adjustment after the holes are drilled. Take your time marking and measuring to make sure everything is aligned correctly before you drill.
Insider’s View
Watch as we show you close-up how the unique barrel hinge mechanism, that includes a slotted screw inside the barrel, locks the hinge into the predrilled hole - it’s ingenious!
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"Installing Barrel HInges" video should show how to put this on a project. Saying "You better drill the holes right or you are screwed" is not very helpful.
Excellent. Thank-you for coming back. I managed to basically wriggle it out and brute force worked in the end!
I hate when the craftsman doesn’t explain how to actually install the item. I agree with the other comments. Video not helpful at all
I can see that the door that is aready on the box @1:28 has a gap at the bottom and tight at the top. Maybe it is camera angle, or maybe it was not installed correctly.
Hey George! Older video? LOL! Have some I bought awhile back to play with, thanks for advice.
thanks
@Wwgoa
11 ай бұрын
You're welcome!
Hi. Great insight thanks! I have removed the pressure screw but the barrel is still stuck in the hole. Any tips for getting it out? Just brute force?
@Wwgoa
6 ай бұрын
Sometimes (unfortunately) people put a drop of glue in the bottom of the hole before the barrel goes in. It’s also possible that even though you backed out the screw the halves of the barrel didn’t relax. You could try working something small like an eyeglass screwdriver alongside the barrel to see if you can encourage it to relax, or pop it loose.
O barrel hinges work well for jewelry boxes.?
But where do you drill the holes??
@Wwgoa
3 ай бұрын
Hello Great Question! Check the instructions in the hardware that you purchase, as it should provide details on placement for that particular hinge. Paul Sincerely, Woodworkers Guild of America
@r0thrux
3 ай бұрын
@@Wwgoa I got no instructions but whipped out the calipers, then made a test set just in case 😀
So what you’re saying is “don’t F it up”.
I must be in a real minority here. The "barrel hinges" portrayed in this video ... in my own, honest opinion (!) .... are crap!! In first place ... they are NOT "hidden" (takes an install bore the size almost ... of a real "barrel"!!!) and two ... are ugly as sin when installed. I don't understand it ... and maybe the ones I use are no good (I've been using them ... only .... for three years and have had no issues, no failures!) or don't meet some spec ... I don't know. BUT .... there is another "barrel hinge" (I guess that's what you'd call them! That's how they're listed on Amzn.) that NO one appears (that I can find here) to have shown and told how to install ... !!! They require bores much, much smaller than these things do (no. 10 drill) .... and almost literally DO disappear once properly installed. The hinges I refer to ... appear to be nothing but about a one-inch or one and an eighth long bit of brass rod, with holding grooves about the perimeter of each end for some adhesive ... and with a steel, or brass pin through the center to form a "hinge". I paid a machine shop a hundred bucks to make me (my drawings) a drilling jig out of stainless bar stock and oak .... and I get 100% perfect matching bores for the hinges .... in the top, and in the bottom/box back wall. Like I said .... the strange thing for me, is that no one else appears the slightest bit interested ... !! Yet, the installed job ... has come out beautifully every time ... AND ... most of all ... REALLY is truly (almost) hidden ... disappears (almost) when done. Generally, looks like three or four B-Bs in the hinged seam of the top/box!!) Just wish I knew why no one seems interested enough to post a video about them.
@ZHeKKa
4 ай бұрын
Same here and totally agree with you. Can't find this type hidden hinges for replacing one old broken hinge.. And I even don't know how to find it, because don't know correct product name of this hinge. Damn!... :)
@pisi73
3 ай бұрын
@@ZHeKKa take a photo of the broken one and use google lense to search the internet for the matching one. This is how I just learnt that what I have is barrel hinges :)
@ZHeKKa
3 ай бұрын
@@pisi73 Here's a similar barrel hinges, that I founded through search by image, but they for jewelry boxes and have very small size. For me need it with much bigger size (8x70mm) for kitchen boxes, and I can't find them in any online store.. (Caption of hinges in the next comment below. Damn antispam..)
@ZHeKKa
3 ай бұрын
@@pisi73 Mini Folded Jewelry Box Barrel Hinge Invisible Wine Wooden Case Hinges Concealed Barrel Hinge Pure Copper Furniture Hardware Hot