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Originally Posted by cabmando
That has not been my experience. I have 4 screw holes in several doors because the newer ones have a hole that is either forward of or behind the old original set. I don't recall which it is. Spacing side to side is correct but front to back... not so much
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They must have just rammed that screw in there without carefully measuring. That hole should be 5 mm, made for plastic dowel insert. If its just a screw hole, then they don't have the right equip and measured it out by hand. Doing it that way is very inconstant. Come installation in the field, they will ram new holes to adjust for fit causing everything to bind.
If you are talking about hing plate placement (on cabinet side), that's a very specific dimension, exactly 37MM from front finish edge of cabinet. From the edge of the cabinet door to the edge of hinge cup is normally 3 mm to within a 1/2MM. That will cause the door to bind depending on the size of the door that's cut. We use an Inserta hinge by Blum. The cup expands into the surrounding materials. Once its expands, its on tight. That or Plastic dowels with screw insert using a Blum machine pneumatic ram for that only purpose. They seem to be best IMO. It will tear out chunks of plywood before the plastic dowel fails. I have done testing with a sledge long ago.