Another thing I like to do is door hinges, they can be used in many wooden crafts. This is not so much a desire to create something new, but simply a desire to make your own door hinges. Most likely, this is disappointment from the type of loops that are available in the store. The hinges are made from hardwood, mainly maple and oak. An important tool in making hinges is a router and a shaped cutter, which creates ornate shapes. The other important part is having a drill bit with a diameter slightly larger than the hole in the hinge. We’ll look at how to make door hinges for boxes on closet doors in more detail in this article.
DIY door hinges.
There are a lot various styles wooden hinges that can be made. All door hinges are made from hardwood, with the majority of door hardware being made from maple and oak. An important component in my case to make door hinges is a router, which will give the hinge a rich shape. Another important part is a drill with a slightly larger diameter than the hinge axis. A hole is drilled in the top of the hinge so that the hinge rotates freely.
Using a router and milling table cut a tenon on both sides of the piece of wood, then cut it in half to make two door hinges.
TRX loops are an excellent training device. TRX is one of the most popular trends in modern fitness. They are used both in gyms and at home. If you don’t know what it is yet, go to the official website.
One bad thing about TRX hinges is the price. In American stores they cost $200, and in Russian stores they cost even more inhumanely - 8,000-10,000 rubles.
But this problem, as it turned out, is easily solved. Fitness enthusiast Natalie from Gdansk made these loops with her own hands and it cost her only $18.00 and 2 hours of work. Natalie photographed everything in detail and described it - almost anyone can repeat it.
Issue price: carabiner - $3, 30 mm tape from hardware store 5 m - $1, 2 slings for securing the load to the car (with a cam self-clamping stopper) 2.5 and 5 m ($3 and $4, respectively), a pipe for electrical wiring 1" - $1.5 for 2 meters, threads.
Tools: Sewing machine, scissors, lighter, hacksaw or Dremel for cutting pipes.
What are the original TRX hinges made of:
To be honest, I didn’t understand the meaning of such a sophisticated hinge system from the picture. The lower fastening, the main carabiner, the stabilizing and closing loops were thrown out. I did everything else.
Before the main part of the work: 1) We seal all the cut ends of the slings with fire. 2) If you sew sealed ends in a machine, it will not chew the plastic very well. The needles break with a bang. I myself changed 2 needles No. 14. Therefore, I highly recommend any glasses. It almost hit me in the eye. Cut 2 pieces of 15.5 cm from the pipe. Or look at the size of your fist.
The pipe is like this:
Slings and cam stopper:
Cut a 2.40 m piece from the black tape, fold it in half, and make marks for the main loop. (Excellent for drawing with soap).
Next, fold the measured pieces of the main loop overlapping. Let's collaborate. Procedure: first zigzag one edge, then we go along the sling from the sewn side with a straight line to the opposite edge, sewing 2 strips together and zigzag the second edge. This will prevent you from calculating in millimeters (otherwise your belly will come out). Afterwards we go over each one back and forth, strengthening the loop with seams (my machine sews in 2 directions, so it was easier). These stitched 2 parts are, in principle, needed for the rigid shape of the loop. It turned out like this:
Take the loop, fold it in half and stitch it at the base. Do not touch the already stitched part - you can break the needle. These protruding ends of the threads, for whom they spoil the aerodynamics, can be scorched with a lighter (since I put a lot of lines there, it was not scary to scorch the seam).
Now - intermediate fastening loops. In principle, it was possible to simply stitch the tape across, but in order not to worry about it in the future (“getting the carabiner into the hole”), let’s change the “cut” a little. Take it and celebrate with inside ribbons are cut into 6 cm sections and adjust, slightly (5 mm) moving the second half of the loop from above. You will get such bellies.
The place for the carbine is based on the residual principle. It should come out something like this:
Second stage: Loops for arms and legs Cut off the clips from the red slings:
We cut 2 pieces of black tape, 115 cm each:
We build the following structure:
We attach clamps to the black slings and sew them together. Then we sew on the second part, we get this kind of loop with a tube:
Oh... sorry about the manicure
Good and strong!
General plan - what should happen:
Leg loops. Here's a small hitch - I had to select the size. I cut 2 pieces of 68 cm each.
I chipped it and started adjusting it (and on the heel too):
It turned out to be about 43 cm, but I think it’s individual. And this needs to be stitched tighter - it won’t hurt for rigidity.
It’s awkward to write:
Result:
Then everything is simple: we take a long piece of sling (about 2.5 m), insert it into the main loop, the ends into the clamps (we look at which side - on one side it is self-fixing, on the other it can easily crawl out under the weight), we process the edges.
Fasteners for the ends can be made from paper clips (shown in the video below) or an ordinary elastic band can be sewn into a ring. 2-3 of these rubber bands are enough and won’t spoil the aesthetics. Since I have given time days, no rubber bands, no paper clips, pinned together.
The handles can be tuned with electrical tape - they will not slip. The set weighs 378 g.
Video on how to make TRX loops with your own hands (about paper clips from 3 minutes):
In the process of making an aircraft model, you need to buy or make your own hinges for attaching the rudders. The easiest way is to buy it in a store, if there is a store around the corner. But what if there is nowhere to buy? Here a modeler is not a modeler if he cannot make simple and reliable loops for his own aircraft! Here I will give several examples of making hinges for attaching steering wheels.
1. Homemade, very strong hinges:
You will need 0.3mm thick sheet metal from Beck^s cans and a paper clip d=1mm. All we need is to cut the blanks to the sizes we need
and assemble the structure as in the photo. It is better to make several holes in the cheeks of the hinges so that the homemade hinges for the aircraft model will hold better.
And these were the ones I had on the 1.5 meter pilot:
2. Homemade loops from a dropper:
New style droppers with thin, transparent tubes are best suited. We simply cut off the section we need, halve it lengthwise and glue it in. Excellent for light foams and small balsa models.
Such hinges do not have much play, but as practice has shown, this is not critical and does not at all affect the flight performance of the aircraft model. These loops cannot be used for winter flights, they become tanned, increase the load on the servo and can simply break!
Who among us has not witnessed how an unlucky buyer in a hardware store painfully tries to figure out which hinges he needs - left or right?
So, when I finally decided to replace the old and not very attractive hinges on the doors to the bathroom and toilet, I did not immediately remember how to distinguish them. But the matter is, in general, simple. Detachable half-hinged hinges (exactly the ones I needed) have a fixed rod in the bottom card (this part of the hinge is installed on the door frame), and the upper part of the hinge, which is attached to the door leaf (top card), has a cap-shaped hinge that fits onto the rod.
It is the half-hinged hinges that are left and right. The left ones are for doors that open in left side, right - for doors opening in right side. Determining which loops are needed is not at all difficult. To do this, you need to stand in front of the door so that it needs to be opened towards you. If the loops are located on the right, then they are called right loops. And if on the left, then, accordingly, to the left.
However, I needed both of them, since the doors of the bathroom and toilet opened in different directions.
There was, however, a doubt: should we change the hinges to one-piece ones? Nowadays most of these are found on sale. But they have a number of disadvantages compared to half-hinged ones. Firstly, it is more difficult to hang a door on permanent hinges alone, since you have to hold it suspended and at the same time screw in the fastening screws. Secondly, adjustment becomes much more difficult door leaf in height. So I settled on new detachable hinges.
Operating procedure
First you need to remove the door from its hinges. Do it without outside help It is possible if you use a block with a cross section of 40 * 40 mm and a piece of not very thick board. The block is placed in front of the open door as a support, and the board is slipped under the door leaf, placed on the block and used as a lever.
This allows without extra effort Without overloading your back, remove the door alone. Then unscrew the old hinges. It’s good if the screw slots are not damaged and not too covered with paint, as often happens. Otherwise, you need to clean them first. In addition, the blade of the screwdriver must exactly match the slot of the screw.
If you can’t unscrew the screws quickly, you can try soaking them in kerosene (so that it seeps onto the threads) or applying a heated soldering iron to the head of the screw. Sometimes it is possible to move a screw from its place by first turning it slightly clockwise (in the direction of tightening). Car enthusiasts can use a so-called impact screwdriver. If all of the above methods do not help, then the used screws will have to be drilled out.
If the old hinge was too deep into the door frame, you can use a nest-shaped insert cut out of hardboard. Having previously leveled the old socket in the door frame with a chisel, install the liner in it and screw the hinge card to the door frame with long self-tapping screws.
To make installation of the door leaf easier, the rod at the bottom hinge can be shortened slightly. To do this, some part of it is sawed off with an ordinary hacksaw for metal and a file is used to chamfer the end of the rod after sawing off.
The next operation is installation upper parts hinges (top cards) on the door leaf. Perhaps, in this case, you will first have to slightly adjust the sockets on the edge of the door leaf and only then screw the hinges. After the cards are screwed in, all that remains is to hang the door leaf in place. At the same time, it is raised above the floor and held using the lever that was used when removing the door.
The door is installed, but there is one more aspect of the work being done - lubricating the hinges. There are different lubricants for this. For example, the tried-and-true old-fashioned soft pencil lead. You need to lift the door leaf a little and push the stylus through
into the gap between the rubbing surfaces of the hinge, and then lower the door leaf and open and close the door several times. Graphite will grind into powder and eliminate squeaking just as well as any other lubricant.
But there is also modern materials, borrowed from the arsenal of motorists. These are aerosol semi-synthetic lubricants with high degree adhesion agents intended for processing parts in hard to reach places. For example, HHS 2000 lubricant. Such compounds easily penetrate into the smallest gaps of the mechanism and form a sticky film that is resistant to high loads(pressure or vibration).
In addition, they provide the rod with hinges reliable protection from corrosion. Of course, this is not very relevant for a city apartment, but for country house- very important. By the way, almost all modern hinges are sold treated with just such lubricants.
How to change door hinges - progress of work
- The hinges have served for many years and are obsolete.
- Left and right hinges of modern manufacture.
- A simple lever made from scrap materials will help you remove the door.
- Unscrewing old hinges can sometimes be very difficult.
- The old socket in the door frame must be adjusted to the size of the new hinge.
- If the nest is chosen too deep, you can install a hardboard liner in it.
- The hinge card is screwed to the door frame with long self-tapping screws.
- To make installation of the door leaf easier, the rod at the bottom hinge can be shortened slightly.
- After sawing off the rod with a needle file, remove the chamfer.
- If necessary, the sockets on the edge of the door leaf also need to be corrected.
- The top hinge card is screwed to the door leaf.
- The door leaf took its place.
Replacing door hinges - photo
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Hinges are accessories that just a few years ago were an unremarkable unit of one option. Now the situation has changed and this fittings may be different. Hinges are required for opening and closing doorways. There are several options for mounting door hardware, the methods directly depend on the type of door. To carry out this work, you need some skills, a suitable tool and an understanding of a certain sequence of actions. Most often, hidden loops are chosen, since they are almost invisible and thanks to this everything looks more attractive. The insertion of closed loops is available to any craftsman.
Hinge options for interior doors
There are currently five options for door awnings. Each option has its own specificity and strengths. You can find and purchase the following types of canopies:
- straight or card - simple classic, with special side plates;
- corner - similar to the first, classic canopy with a slight difference in the shape of the plates, most often installed on pendulum structures;
- “invisible” - special mechanisms that are recessed into the door leaf, most often used on expensive doorways;
- eversible - there are no plates, but only pins on a special eversible axis;
- Italian - equipped with a special hinge, installed on European doors.
All interior hanging structures are divided into universal ones and those that have a specific direction: right-handed and left-handed.
As for the loop options, they are:
- mortise;
- invoices;
- screw-in
DIY hidden door hinges
Most often, the invisible version of the loops is a priority, as it allows you to make the object aesthetically attractive. Installation of this fittings is a little more complicated than overhead fittings and also requires more time, but with desire and some skill, it is possible to install the hinges quickly and correctly with your own hands.
Advantages this option the following:
- Reliability and safety - thieves will not be able to enter the premises due to the fact that they cut off the hinges, as happens with overhead options; hidden hinges are hidden from outsiders.
- High strength - the product can easily withstand the weight of the structure itself, made of metal or wood material.
- Practicality - products can last for decades with proper care.
- Visual appeal - when the doors are closed, the hinge is not visible, this allows you to maintain the aesthetics of the appearance.
- Great variety - you can choose canopies that can withstand heavy loads or small designs for closet doors.
Disadvantage this method we can mention the fact that installation is not easy and requires some effort. In addition to this, there are a number of weaknesses of this product:
- A hidden canopy is expensive compared to other options. But even among the category of hidden interior structures, you can find those that stand higher or lower. It should be understood that the quality of the hinge directly affects the price of the product.
- Unfortunately, there are a large number of fakes on the market; in the end, you can buy defective goods and lose money
- A noticeable disadvantage is the fact that not every canopy can be disassembled if necessary.
- Due to the large depth of drowning, install of this type awnings are not always realistic.
Installing hidden hinges on doors
If you don’t delve into the installation features door design, then mounting the hinges of the hidden version is simple and straightforward: you need to cut out a niche and insert the mechanism, then securely fasten it and start using it. But in reality, everything is a little more complicated.
Installing hidden hinges yourself is not entirely easy. It is necessary to stock up on the tools needed to carry out the work. In addition, there is an instruction that describes all the stages; following the recommendations of specialists allows you to install the mechanism efficiently and quickly. The following tools and items are required for installation:
- "invisible loops";
- fastening elements for installation;
- simple pencil;
- yardstick;
- sharp knife;
- chisel;
- screwdriver;
- screwdriver;
- hammer.
First of all, you need to make a hidden basting. It is important to think about which direction the door will open and at what level the hidden door hinges will be located. This is not at all blindly following the requirements for show; in fact, this will affect the ease of use, durability of the canvas and Supplies. To slow down the swinging of doors, experts advise installing special stoppers. In this case, the door will not hit adjacent furniture or the wall.
The number of hinges depends on the characteristics of the door: material, weight, purpose. A classic door requires the installation of two hinges, this is enough. A door made of heavy wood has a different weight, so a couple of hinges will not be enough; three elements need to be installed. Two are installed near the floor and top of the doorway. The third loop is located in the center of the side panel. All attachment points are marked with a pencil. It is necessary to calculate the depth of the excavation in advance.
How to install concealed awnings
As already mentioned, depending on the weight and size of the door, the number of hidden hinges is planned. The markup has specific stages, and they can be displayed in the following order:
- at a distance of twenty to twenty-five centimeters from the top and bottom, a mark is placed for future loops; for convenience, you need to mark with a simple pencil;
- to the future location of the canopies, it is necessary to attach loops and outline their contours;
- when installing the third loop, it is placed strictly in the center, at an equal distance between the first and second;
- two contours are immediately marked, internal for the canopy and external for the lining.
Marking a door, namely a door frame, is considered a difficult task. Like any other process, door marking has its own order and looks like this:
- The accuracy of the door leaf is measured using building level, secured with wooden wedges;
- now you need to mark the places where the loops will be inserted;
- The loops are outlined with a pencil to indicate their attachment location.
To avoid mistakes, you need to carefully carry out the insertion process. Holes must be made after several checks of the correctness of the future location of the hinged hinges of the hidden version.
How to decide on the choice of invisible loops
The hidden mechanism is a kind of invisible mechanism, equipped with a hinge, equipped with two elements connected by a screw. To do right choice at the time of buying hidden mechanisms, you should listen to the recommendations of experts:
- before purchasing a mechanism, you should study their features; if they are not universal, then you need to decide on the sides of the attachment - right or left;
- if the hinges are inexpensive, then most likely the manufacturer saved on the control mechanism;
- When installing heavy doors, you should not prioritize the issue of savings;
- when installing a door in a new building, it is necessary to purchase a copy with adjustment so that when the house shrinks, it is possible to correct the misalignment of the door, which will happen in any case;
- when installing awnings with adjusting screws, there will be no problems with large objects drifting in - the swing angle of the sash can reach 180 degrees;
- It is necessary to select hinges based on the characteristics of the door.
Door frame: how to install hidden hinges correctly
The first step to install the mechanism is milling. This is the creation of shallow recesses for recessing hinge elements. It is possible to make such connectors yourself using a hammer and chisel. The main requirement for the notch is accuracy and correct size. The depth of the notch depends on the thickness of the loop, and if a shallow one can be widened, it will be very difficult to correct an excessively deep one.
Using a drill, make a recess along the contour outlined with a simple pencil. There is no need to rush; the result depends on the measured actions. It is necessary to make recesses in the sash and in the frame. This work takes no more than forty minutes. The hinges are installed in the cleaned recesses. This involves the following actions:
- the canopy is immersed in a specially made hole, you need to ensure that the part fits tightly and takes its place;
- recesses are made for the screws special tool- a screwdriver;
- You need to insert loops into the resulting recesses and tighten them, you need to make sure that the loop does not skew.
If necessary, it is important to adjust the “invisible” hinges. In this case, you can check the functioning of the door and make sure that the “invisible” hinges are located correctly.
Hidden hinges for doors with your own hands, adjustment
The adjustment features depend on the type and version of the loop. And although there is a wide range of hinges on the market for hidden installation, they all have identical adjustment options and design. To adjust the hinges, you must follow the following steps:
- the cover is removed from the loop, this allows you to expose the adjustment mechanism;
- to change the vertical skew of the door, you should turn the bolt; this manipulation can be done using a special hex key;
- Under the mechanism panel there is a screw with which the surface of the blade is adjusted.
Expensive and complex designs have a complex adjustment mechanism in three directions at once and this makes it possible to create ideal conditions for operation and quality of service.
It is necessary to avoid the situation when hinges are purchased immediately before installing the product. Such purchases can be made in a hurry and without taking into account many features, which will negatively affect the durability of the door. It is recommended to purchase hinges in parallel with the purchase of the door, in order to take into account its dimensions and weight, and select the color of the hinges. And although they are called hidden and partially recessed, when open doors they are visible, so it is advisable to choose a shade.
Also, you should not purchase a mechanism of unknown origin or go for cheapness: hinges ensure reliable opening and closing of the door.
You can make installation easier and faster using a special template. This will help avoid mistakes when basting.
How to hide door hinges, requirements for the mechanism
There are certain requirements for fittings. The main thing is that they must withstand mechanical loads. Since the door material can be different, awnings are divided into three main categories:
- for doors up to sixty kilograms of weight;
- for a one hundred and twenty kilogram door;
- for massive structures weighing up to two hundred and fifty kilograms.
If the door has even more weight, individual structures for fastening are made. There are a number of requirements for hinges:
- they must be durable, reliable, and easy to install;
- the form must be made in such a way that the fastening is as reliable as possible;
- it must be taken into account that during its service life the door can open half a million times, so the material must be appropriate;
- priority is given to the use of hinges made of aluminum, hard plastic or metal - depending on each specific situation;
- parts must be coated with anti-corrosion agents.
If you still have questions about how to make a choice and install hidden hinges with my own hands, watch the video. There you will find answers to all questions. Install hidden hinges on our own really, if you follow the recommendations and prepare necessary tool. The use of such mechanisms will allow you to enjoy the quality and aesthetics of the product.