As you can see above, the hinges I purchased for the 'Archibald Knox' chest (see earlier post) I am making, are not suitable because the fixed part of the hinge cannot be screwed cleanly onto the back side of the chest because it is too short. So I was reminded by my good lady of a hinge design that was used on a gift box bought for us from Columbia, (thanks Chris and Adri)
As shown, the rear face of the box is left sitting above the front and side levels and the rear of the lid fits over this. A pair of pins are then inserted through the lid sides and into this raised back face of the box creating pivot points. This is very simple design, but works really well.
So as a test, I built a small pine box using the same design for the lid hinge as used in the gift box. The pine box is made of pine off cuts and is 7" * 9.5" * 4" high. I haven't driven the pins in fully yet as I need to finish the varnishing.
I am not sure if I will use this method on my larger Knox chest as I fancied having some Art Deco style hinges on there, but I am sure I will use the method on other boxes I am planning for storing tools etc.
Does this hinge design have a name ?
Please let me know
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