sapling111276 Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 So, I'm in the home stretch of my vanity build, or so I thought. I didn't realize until I was making my doors (inset), which happen to be the first doors I ever made, that my frace frame is just slightly out of whack. It's square in regards to the doors, and the doors themselves are spot in. I am talking about out of what front to back. I must have glued it late at night and was in a hurry to get to bed or something. I will include a picture, but my caliper says it is off by .089". So that's not terrible right? Well it makes the face frame euro style hinge not work. The wracking (is that the term?) carries all the way to the bottom hinge. What I mean is, if I mount the hinges where they should go, I can't adjust the hinges enough to make them sit flush with the faceframe. I cut a piece of maple (cabinet is maple) and tried to fashion a shim to sort of janky-square it up. This worked once, but the door makes the hinge bounce when it is fully opened and hits the limits. Now I can't get the hinge to sit square with the shim I built, so I am unable to adjust the hinge enough to make it even work. The only option that comes to my inexperienced mind is to get that twist out of the faceframe, or deal with the slight overhang when the door is closed. Taking the twist out will be tricky because in order to do that, I will have to try to break the glue free from the faceframe and the corner. Doing so without breaking a piece of the faceframe or the corner seems a little iffy. The glue is titebond 3. The glue has been set for a few weeks. Has anyone got any tricks or tips? I was looking around online for some kind of shim to make up the slack on the bottom hinge, but the only shim I can find is for the cup portion of that style hinge. In the pictures, I referenced the hinges I used (well half of one) and the mistake. In the mistake picture, you can see the glue that I left behind. I tried to circle the mistake, but for clarity, it's the section of the picture that is sort of facing right. The smaller of 2 potential gaps. The hinge picture may make this explanation a little easier to understand, as the mistake is in the background Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sapling111276 Posted June 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 I realized after posting this that I must have just mounted the top hinge first and might be able to come up with a thinner shim for the top (less noticeable) hinge and still allow enough movement from the hinge adjustments to square it up. Fingers crossed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sapling111276 Posted June 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 Ok, so attaching the bottom hinge first did not give me the results that I wanted. Instead, I predrilled some pilot holes in the center of where the mounting bracket goes. There are 2 screw places on the hinge and they are slightly sloped, so as I start to attach the bracket, it starts going a little wonky. To combat this, I put a screw into the center hole of the bracket and through the wooden shim I made. It's not pretty, but it's functional. If this were a commissioned piece, I would be doing something different. This is my first cabinet that I made that was supposed to be "pretty". I previously built my collect-all workbench, but that didn't need to be as pretty because it is out in my woodshop with little, to no traffic other than my own. Included is a picture of the cabinet in the bathroom. I still have to install everything, but you get the jist 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 I have about 140 tool boxes, in individual cubbies. Each one has a name on it. One is labeled Shim . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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