I made my first wooden hinges today and are they nice looking, I love the look. I plan on using them on a project in the near future, a maple box with walnut hinges and walnut dovetail splines.

The hinges are not as hard as I thought they would be to make. I use the Incra HingeCrafter and the Incra Ibox. The instructions that comes with the HingeCrafter are very good and easy to follow and the whole operation is just not that hard.

Now for the questions:

1. How do you hold the hinge pin in, I worry that over time the pin will work itself out?

2. Do you cut the mortise and glue the hinges or do you drill and counter-sink holes and screw them on?

3. Do you install them and then finishing them or do you finish them before installing?

4. Do you finish them together or do you take them apart to do the finishing?

Here are 2 of my test hinges.

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The tools to do it plus the table saw.

The HingeCrafter
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The Ibox

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