Well the past few scheduled shop nights (and days) have been a bust, between college open houses and extracurricular activities...











Back in the shop we needed to finalize our console lid design as some parts are getting ready to go for upholstery. Our piano hinge showed to have clearance issues when using it in "hidden" mode..







....as shown here...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puZl_3KBzMg



We could notch the rear of the console and lid and move the hinge flush with the rear, but that would leave the hinge visible when closed, and now require and lanyard to keep it from flopping all the way over..



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2AKHWuSlyY



We started looking at hidden hinges at one of our local cabinet maker. Although this one looks plenty stout, it was far to wide for our present design, and would require quite a bit of rework..



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBqo7m20H34



With the new options, we narrowed our search to a cabinet hinge that was narrow enough to fit within our side confines, and found this one online..







Test fit, a straightedge is clamped to the hinge, aligned with the rear edge to see what interference this may have. Looks like this is the one..



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV4lPQKqBC8



Hope to finish the hinge details up tomorrow. We also took delivery on our stainless mesh samples to make a decision on our speaker grilles..