Last night I stayed in Montecatini, Italy, and today I am visiting several of the five small villages that are part of the Cinque Terre National Park – a UNESCO World Heritage Site. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, click here!
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Next up, in the #9 position, my Back-to-Basics article on the various types of hinges. For a simple piece of hardware, hinges can be complicated – it’s no wonder that people find their way to this article. Can you believe that about 70% of the traffic to iDigHardware comes from search engines?? And where else would Google send someone who wanted to know the difference between a swing clear hinge and a wide throw hinge, or a raised barrel hinge and an anchor hinge?
What’s that you say? You already know about the different types of hinges? See if you know the answer to this question:
For wide-throw hinges on a door that swings 180 degrees, where 2 inches of clearance is required behind the door to accommodate the trim, what is the required hinge width?
Here is the #9 article: Back-to-Basics: Hinge Types and Applications
Allegion has other Back-to-Basics articles on various topics. You can find them all here.
Drawing posted with the permission of the family of Adon Brownell.
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A 5” wide might work, depending on frame backset, and I think a 6” would be excessive. Are 5-1/2” available?
I own a copy of the Brownell book I purchased it the ASAHC Hardware-I class I took In June 1971 at Baldwin Wallace College in Ohio. Mr Brownell signed and dated my copy.
The second edition supplement has information on specialty hardware applications and has some more really neat illustrations.
John D. Buehler, AHC, CFDAI
yep, I was there too in Berea Baldwin Wallace College. I spoke for 5 minutes about the “swedge” of a hinge.