Kitchen cabinet hinge question...

[dyount]

Based upon what you are using it for I doubt you can switch to a "heavy duty" version without changing it to a version that mounts on the inside of the cabinet rather than to the face. https://www.houzz.com/product/105515676-blum-70t6550tl-screw-on-free-swing-hinge-contemporary-hinges?m_refid=PLA_HZ_105515676&device=c&nw=g&gclid=Cj0KCQiAtJbTBRDkARIsAI

I'd stick to blum or mepla but changing to heavy may work better with this being a door with extra weight for the lazy susan

[look 171]

I am not sure if Mepla is still in business. I think Grass bought them out.

That big old honking Blum hinge is not a heavy duty hinge, its a 170 degree opening hinge. It need all that "stuff" in there to make that swing. they are somewhat difficult to adjust. Having more then three of those hinge is a btich to get them adjusted correctly. That can be used for his application, but only need to have a face frame plate. All those hinges are interchangeable. Its the base plates that make the difference.

[dyount]

"back in the day" Blum made hinges for heavy doors or doors extra wide that looked like a 170 but were beefy. Used to use them as part of the old school sliding door hardware for entertainment unit (remember that idea) pocket doors.
I was advising so based on having broken the full overlay ones because of weight

[look 171]

Oh yeah, pocket doors. I had my fair share of adjusting those damn things with the cables. I still have a pair sitting around somewhere. They weren't cheap. I thank goodness for flat screens so we no longer have request for big bulky entertainment systems to house or hide the huge TV behind those disappearing doors. Doors were a pain in the ass to adjust due to its weight. Often they were super wide and a full 1" thick rift White Oak. Stupid designers.

[DanielDudley]

Drill another hole and pop a third hinge on.

Or just buy extra and keep them in a drawer.

[dyount]

Look 171......... Oh the cables!!! that shxt sucked! I did one in Philly once like 12th floor old building , massive TV with pocket doors and pull out for a two men and a boy weight TV with curved 1/2" glass shelves between the side of the box and a extended back non adjustable shelves dado'd into etc. Put the tv in the box, adjust the doors, then genius me pulls the pull out forward and the entire cabinet damn near topples over , a holy xxxt moment. Push back TV , get hammer drill out of truck and lag the top of the cabinet into the brick wall of the building. Whatever screws I put into drywall/hat channel ripped out.... Luckily my install partner was a "we might need this " guy and had tapcons and hammer drill loaded

[look 171]

Originally Posted by dyount

Look 171......... Oh the cables!!! that shxt sucked! I did one in Philly once like 12th floor old building , massive TV with pocket doors and pull out for a two men and a boy weight TV with curved 1/2" glass shelves between the side of the box and a extended back non adjustable shelves dado'd into etc. Put the tv in the box, adjust the doors, then genius me pulls the pull out forward and the entire cabinet damn near topples over , a holy xxxt moment. Push back TV , get hammer drill out of truck and lag the top of the cabinet into the brick wall of the building. Whatever screws I put into drywall/hat channel ripped out.... Luckily my install partner was a "we might need this " guy and had tapcons and hammer drill loaded

Sounds like fun times. Worst thing about it is everything is finished and something is going to get damaged and cost you lots of $$$ unlike an unfinished building during the rough construction phase. You still do that type of stuff for a living?

[dyount]

For a living no.... I do teach both carpentry and finish carpentry at a local community college. My "real" job is now as a commercial building inspector and plans examiner. In 02,going through a divorce w/5yr old I wanted custody of, I needed to no longer travel and be at home if custody was even an option. Went to a local community college at night studying the ICC codes and started testing to be an inspector. Literally tested every single thing I could and became a Master Code Professional and got a job 4mins from my house.... and , although I miss the creative outlet of high end furniture/bars , I was able, as a dude, to get full custody from a woman ( in PA that's not easy to do). I've been building a few projects here and there (posted here building a chair for my kiddo a few years ago) http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/948775-something-woodworking-junkies.html

[A930Rocket]

New hinges are here. I’ll install them this weekend and see how it goes.