A Few Tips on Fixing a Broken Hinge in Your Small Wooden Chest | Fine Gold Jewelry
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While trying to repair a broken hinge in your small wooden chest, take special care to not cause damage to the box.
Use a chisel or block plane to slowly remove the damaged hinge. Once you have taken out the hinge, sand down the area with sandpaper. 150 grit will be perfect for this. When you clamp the box in a bench vise, pad the box with a sanding disc. This will keep it from sliding around .
You can use an old or a new hinge, or even make a new one for your box. Using a spokeshave and block plane, shape the hinge by hand, or use a router and a roundover bit to shape the hinge. Unless you are really comfortable with using a router, don’t use it to mortise the hinge as it is very risky. You can then trim the hinge and glue it into the base of the box. Leave it on for 12 hours to dry.
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When it is totally dry, sand it again with the 150 grit sandpaper, and then drill the holes for the wire hinges. Use a suitable stain and oil finish to make the box look as good as new!
Here’s another method to replace a hinge after you’ve removed the broken one. Clamp the hinge in position with an ‘f’ style clamp after you’ve placed it where you want it on the box. Don’t forget to mark the height, depth, and width of the hinge with a mechanical pencil. Then unclamp the hinge and using a new razor blade and hammer, a small one will do, meticulously chisel stop cuts on the marked lines. Until the hinge fits perfectly, you need to keep doing this. Then use the 150 grit sandpaper or a new razor blade to mortise the hinge. Install the hinge on the jewelry box and then align and clamp the lid to the hinge.
How fast you can fix a hinge also depends on the type of hinge you want mounted. For fixing a barrel hinge, you just need to ensure that you drill the holes in the correct spot both in the base as well as the top. You can get this done easily with a drill press but hold the box in position with a stop block on the drill press table. If you are looking to attach a surface mount hinge, you could use an auto-centering bit. But make sure that the top and the bottom of the box are in perfect alignment before you drill. A tip is to first mount the hinge to the base of the box and only then to the top.
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