5 Steps to Installing a Faux Butt Hinge with a Concealed Hinge
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The cabinet without the butt hinge.
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The cabinet interior showing the concealed hinge.
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Peeling the protective cover off the EuroButt II hinge.
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Applying the EuroButt II hinge against the door face
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Pressing the EuroButt II PSDA tape into place.
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Setting the nail.
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The EuroButt II with the nail set into the countersunk hole.
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The EuroButt II hinge is in place and the door is installed with the concealed hinge.
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A view from the outside, with the partially opened door.
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The EuroButt II hinge with the door fully closed.

Until recently, cabinetmakers who wanted the “traditional” look of a butt hinge but the installation ease of a concealed hinge had no recourse, says Birdie Miller, designer and custom cabinetmaker. To meet this growing demand for advances in professional woodworking equipment, he created the EuroButt II, a European-style concealed butt hinge.

“EuroButt II is very practical to cabinetmakers who don’t want to or can’t use a butt hinge,” he says. “It gives them the opportunity to enter the market areas that will only accept [the look of] a traditional hinge, without requiring them to change their high-tech hinging hardware.”

The progression of photos on in the slideshow illustrate how the faux butt hinge works: (1) the cabinet without the butt hinge; (2) the cabinet interior showing the concealed hinge; (3) peeling the protective cover off the EuroButt II hinge; (4) applying the EuroButt II hinge against the door face; (5) pressing the EuroButt II PSDA tape  into place; (6) setting the nail; (7) the EuroButt II with the nail set into the countersunk hole; (8) the EuroButt II hinge is in place and the door is installed with the concealed hinge; (9) a view from the outside, with the partially opened door; (10) the EuroButt II hinge with the door fully closed. 

For more information, visit EuroButtSystemsHinge.com

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Karen Koenig | Editor

Karen M. Koenig has more than 30 years of experience in the woodworking industry, including visits to wood products manufacturing facilities throughout North America, Europe and Asia. As editor of special publications under the Woodworking Network brand, including the Red Book Best Practices resource guide and website, Karen’s responsibilities include writing, editing and coordinating of editorial content. She is also a contributor to FDMC and other Woodworking Network online and print media owned by CCI Media. She can be reached at [email protected]