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Galley Hinges- getting a bit confused

Posted:
Mon Oct 03, 2005 6:51 am
by BILLYL
Howdy -
Can someone please assist.
I am building the Cubby (well kind of) and in the PLANS for the hatch they call for a offset of 1/4in on the top as well as the bottom. When I start reading the posts about the hinges others have used I find that there are basically two suppliers - Lil Bear and Johnston. It seems that one of them has the necessary 1/4in clearance and the other does not.
Before I start making the hatch which hinge would work.
Thanks
Bill


Posted:
Mon Oct 03, 2005 6:56 am
by toypusher
Bill,
I built the Cubby and used the hinge from RW Johnson. It is black, or at least that's the one that he sent me. I don't know if he has another or not. I have some pictures in my Yahoo photos, but they are not real clear about the hinge.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/toypusher/my_photos
Hope this helps

Posted:
Mon Oct 03, 2005 7:09 am
by randy chesnutt
bill, i used johson hing with a quarter inch offset. it worked great. a heavy duty hing. the offset was taken care of by a peace of 1 1/2"x1/4" alum. flat bar. go to my photo album page 3 you will see what i did. if i build another tear i would use the same hing. i purchase one of those other hing and it was way to lite. yes mine was black.

Posted:
Mon Oct 03, 2005 8:36 am
by BILLYL
Thanks for the info-
Checked his web page and could not find the hinge? Does he sell it anymore?
Thanks
Bill

Posted:
Mon Oct 03, 2005 8:48 am
by toypusher
Call him at (530) 878-0407. You may have to leave a message and he will call you back. I'm sure that he still sells them.

Posted:
Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:28 am
by randy chesnutt
bill, you can not find it on his web page you have to call. i beleive i paid 39.00 for mine. but he is there so give him a call. i don,t know why he don,t have it on the web.

Posted:
Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:03 am
by BILLYL
Excellent - will do and thanks
Thanks
Bill

Posted:
Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:04 am
by BILLYL
Excellent - will do and thanks
Thanks
Bill