*Below learned from trying to use them for tophinges:

1.) Wait until you'll have several hours to yourself with nobody around, this way nobody will run up to you and ask why you're yelling and nobody will be offended by the long strings of swear words emanating from your workshop.

2.) Practice on some spare wood, a lot, lots lots, this way, when you actually start trying to hinge your surfaces and crap doesn't work out right you can blame it on the hardware since you practiced so much you should be a pro at it by now.

3.) Only flatten the NON MOVING surface's edge, leave the moving part's edge sharp.

4.) Once you've marked where you want the hinges to be, get a file and file a groove the width of one of the hinges into the edge of the MOVING surface.

5.) Find that nice new 'hinge drill guide' you bought and put it within arms' reach. That way you can throw that piece of crap at the first person who asks what your problem is.

6.) HAND DRILL all the holes, if you can cram the drill bit into your dremel lucky you, use that, DON'T use a real drill.

7.) Put the holes as close as possible to the surface, you should be able to see the hinge part in the groove you cut on the MOVING surface.

8.) Begin to visualize how good the hinges are going to look.... on the next plane you build.

Man these things are hard to friggin use, they better work like a dream.