Thanks Pete! If the box wants one, a finger tug/pull is usually cut while the glue is drying on the hinges... It's another "two-direction cutting" exercise with the Scroll Saw... Before it was cut free from the larger piece, undersized holes were hand drilled through the lift, with this result... This is attached to the box, same as the hinges, glue first, then glued pins after to make sure... The final shaping and sanding of these small parts is best achieved when they're firmly on the box and a couple of decent files and rasps make short work of it BB1: You're Welcome... I tried brass rod a couple of times and it works, and is nice... But these are wooden boxes, aren't they??! Lol Wood does many things, but it doesn't shear very well, which is what the lid half of the hinge would be trying to do to the hinge's pin... I submit, that any wooden hinge will fail, long before it's hinge pin does! Ron: Thank You too Sir
Mike, in Concord, NH - A candle loses none of its flame by lighting another candle...
