DCT Concealed Cabinet Door Hinge 35mm Template Jig Kit – European Hidden Hinge Boring Hole Cutter & Bit for Installation

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Become an UNLIMITED member and get it all: searchable online archive of every issue, how-to videos, Complete Illustrated Guide to Woodworking digital series, print magazine, e-newsletter, and more. That’s a very good question Julie! Logic tells me that nearly all the IKEA stuff is made in Europe, so I’m 99% sure it will be metric all the way.

IKEA Sektion Ultrusta Cabinet Hinge: Making a Template IKEA Sektion Ultrusta Cabinet Hinge: Making a Template

If you do need to make any position adjustments to you hinge see our project here that covers how to adjust concealed hinges and kitchen cupboard doors for full details. Your 20mm and 50mm measurements saved the day for our project, but now we’re installing the door on the corner cabinet. Using the Utrusta 153 degrees instead of the 110 and it’s not lining up in terms of depth Don’t for get you have a little bit of adjustment after the fact, but not too much. A trial fit is always better 🙂Using a carpenters square, mark a line using a pencil from the door edge across the line created in the above step. The point that they cross is exactly where you need to drill out the hinge cup recess. As you are sliding it in place ensure all the others also line up with their respective mounting plates. If the door you are using is particularly heavy it’s a good idea to get some help fitting it to avoid any disasters. I’m going to test a board, but I think the female portion of the hinge needs to go in deeper than the 20mm for corner cabinets.

35mm Hinge Hole Saw Jig Drilling Guide Forstner Drill Set 35mm Hinge Hole Saw Jig Drilling Guide

The next task is to measure and mark the positions using a pencil of each mounting plate on the inside of the cupboard or unit you are fixing your door to. Want to use the new style, IKEA Ultrusta cabinet hinges from the new Sektion system on a custom build project? To drill out the recess for each cup you will need to use a special drill bit known as a Forstner bit. As we are working with a 35mm concealed hinge you will need a 35mm forstner bit. If the door you have just fitted is a finished door e.g. doesn’t need painting, the final job to do is to now rub off any remaining pencil marks using a rubber. If it’s being painted don’t worry, the paint will hide any remaining marks. As you should now know what type of door you have and what type of concealed hinge to use it’s now time to get them fitted. Measure and Mark Hinge Cup Positions on Cabinet DoorRepeat the same for the bottom and also for any other hinges, again remembering to measure from the correct point. The mounting plate itself should be positioned so that the vertical line is dead centre to the fixing holes while the horizontal line should be dead centre to the mounting plate itself. p.s. Here are the installation instructions from IKEA for the Ultrusta hinge… IKEA instructions utrusta-hinge (pdf)