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Old 03-31-2009 | 06:25 AM
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Default RE: Nylon hinges

ORIGINAL: HighPlains

All these claims of how well their hinge glue works, yet they feel it necessary to drive a wood peg though the hinge to hold it in place. It doesn't add up. Then you have to cover over the toothpick holes with additional covering or paint.

I many have installed a thousand of these hinges with just epoxy over the last 40 years. They don't pull out if the hinge surface is prepared properly.
I think some people are going to peg the hinges regardless if they use epoxy or hinge glue. I use hinge glue and don't pin the hinges. Some of the test that I did before I started using the hinge glue on scraps showed me that the wood gives way before the hinge breaks loose. It is just how I do it. Doesn't make it right or wrong.

BTWI also use the hinge glue for my Robart Hinge points on my 1/4 scale.