I am getting to the point where I will soon be drilling the cup holes in the doors I have made for my kitch cabinet project. The cabinets will have a face-frame and the doors are full overlay with and 1/2 overlay. The Blum compact-33 *seems* to be the de-facto standard hinge for this type of application. In looking at installation instructions, it says the boar distance (distance from edge of door to edge of cup hole) is 1/8" and the hole needs to be 1/2" deep. This seems REALLY close to the edge. The doors will get an edge treatment and I am concerned that the cup hole will come through the front at the edge treatment (doors are 3/4" thick). It just does not seem to allow much wiggle room and seems a bit limiting in terms of edge treatments you can apply.
I should also mention that this is my first set of cabinets so sorry if the answers to some of these questions are obvious.
So, my questions are these;
1) Do you guys who do this type of work on a regular basis drill at 1/8" or do you give yourself some room? If you give room, does it impact the operation of the hinge.
2) Is there another hinge that is of good to very good quality that you would recommend over the Blum? These cabinets are for my home so I am willing to spend the $$ if necessary.
Below is a link to the edge treatment I am using (profile on the right).
http://www.cmtusa.com/store/index1.i...products.ihtml
Thanks in advance for your time