All the main Blum hinge types explained! 

I'm just an amateur so you showing how the hinges look and work was very helpful and informative 👌👌

Brilliant you just surpassed all their marketing 'executives' in one go! Lol Just banged head in one of my cabinet doors and need to fit a slow self close. Supplier has a 'sprung' hinge and now thanks to this I know what that means. Great job thanks.

Great to get a good overview of all the different options available. Even better to see your summary in terms of working out what you need in which situation.

Awesome job! I build most of our own cabinets for our home and my shop. That display really shows in detail exactly what hinges I need to buy for the new floor to ceiling storage cabinets I’m building for our garage. Thanks so much for taking the time to post this info. I love the Blum products, especially their self closing hardware for drawers and doors.

Great video, even as an experienced joiner I just used this as a reference for a wardrobe job to visualise the different hinge options. The reference sheet was super useful too. Thanks for spending the time to make this video

Thank you for the video. I don’t make enough cabinets to know all the different types of hinges. Always learning. Cheers

Helpful video, thanks for the clear explanations and codes, and links to the Blum catalogue. Since I have some inset doors that need hinges, that are just ½" thick, I will go through the catalogue for the right codes for thinner than normal doors.

Brilliant Alastair, this has saved me some time going through the Blum catalogue

This was very helpful, thank you. Much easier than looking up each hinge type one by one. Now I understand the vocabulary and can figure out which kind I need for myself!

Perfect, this was excellent! I have been looking for someone to show in plan English what the difference is between different hinge types and there application. Thanks

My 1983 hinge holding my cupboard door just broke, lol. Your video is very educational on informing which hinge I should get to fix my cupboard door. Thumbs up!

best and comprehensive explanation i have ever seen on youtube

Just what I was looking for, especially the 270 degree hinge, looking to replace the broken hinges on a corner wall cupboard where the door is at 45 degree angle to the adjoining cupboards. Thanks for the clear video and description :)

Alastair, thanks you so much for this clear explanation of these Blum hinges! I bought them not knowing what type I purchased, and hence didn’t have a clue about how to install them. Extremely helpful vid for this kid! Cheers from the States, mate. Happy new subscriber here! 💛😎

Thanks for making this video before dismantling it… I’m doing a wood project for the first time, a wall desk (made from an old standard desk) with a twist to fit my needs. With 0 “hinge knowledge” I was unsure of what type of hinge I’d need, never mind what types of hinges there are lol I’m still undecided bc I have to think about my design idea & all these hinge operations but none the less it’s been very helpful & will continue to be when I get going! Thank you!

Great video. Right to the point and gave the part numbers. I had spend an our trying to figure out the required hinge for my applications and no one explained as well as yours. Thanks man.

Very informative Alastair - thanks again.

absolutely amazing explanation. thanks for sharing this great information! :)

What a great video, many thanks. It was impossible for me the visualize the action of the different variations of cup hinges.

Thank you, that has given me the info I needed and a bonus extra that I hadn’t watched this for 👍🏻

THANK YOU! I’m struggling with uneven walls and trying to add trim to an ikea pax and diy doors. That inset example is my exact setup and now I can visualize what to do (beginner woodworker here😂).

Brilliant explanation of all the hinges. I've been driving myself mad going between various DIY shops trying to explain how the hinges I need work. Now I can go & order exactly what I need.

The best explanation of types of hinges!! Thank you so much! Cheers from Canada.

Thanks so much for this, been looking a very long time for a hinge for my pantry door to open in a certain way and found the name for it on here...post hinge or blind corner hinge 👍

Excellent!! Thank you. This is a great explanation of these hinges. Just what I needed to get my head around this.

I needed to put a door on the front of a free standing washing machine, I knew what I needed but could not think what it was called as it’s normally 1/2 overlay or full, needed 2 inset hinges and it worked perfectly, you even gave the codes, thumbs up and subscribed for a thorough video

This is very useful and I really appreciate him for all the hard work he has done to make this demo piece.. Thank you very much..

Brilliant Alastair! Thank you for sharing. I'm looking at making a cabinet for my conservatory, and want to use face frames to cover the MDF edges. I was not sure which hinges to use, or what they were called. I now know. 👍

Personally, I’d like to give shout out to the designers of these hinges, bloody amazing.

This is the best hinge cabinet explanation video!!!!!!! Very informational and great video

This was so helpful while trying to decipher the hundreds of hinges they have. Thanks.

I ungraded my normal hinges to Softclose Hinges - but had to use Hetich as the existing holes in the doors (cup side) were 52mm centres. Most of the Blum are 45mm centres. If your carrying out an upgrade - make sure you check the existing door side screw positions/centres. The Hetich hinges also come with a multidue to options - like arm covers and cup end covers.

A helpful video, it helped me better understand how these pieces of hardware work. Thank you so much.

Excellent video. Really well done.

Amazing content on your channel mate 👍

Thanks for sharing the details

This is fantastic. Why wouldn’t the company itself just make this video I have no idea. Thank you. Great channel I’ve found here.

Well done mate, great help

This was incredibly helpful. Thank you very much!

This is brilliant, best vid i've seen on the matter.

Answered so many questions I had. Thanks

By far the best video explanation I've seen of these type of hinges. I was looking for the hinge mounting plate system that Blum refer to as the 'Face Frame Plate' (number HI175L660) and here it was - I was starting to think I must have imagined it. Now to find a supplier here in Australia - but the Blum catalogue (2023) seems to not have it anymore though. Sigh!!!

Love this kind of video explanation. Thank u so much for the knowledge

This video has quite possibly saved my life... I'm trying to close a weird diagonal space with a cabinet and wasn't sure how to do it. Thank you!! Are you available for questions/consult?

Hey Mr Johnson, Thank you for setting some examples of the many styles of hinges. It seems pointless to view them without seeing the actual action in play. Great Video!

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

Great video, has saved me many times. Thanks

Thank you. Most informative.

Thanks Alastair! Great content

Very helpful 👍. Thank you

Thank you, very useful info.

Thank you, Alastair Just what I was looking for 👌

Thank you. Very good clear explanations.

Great explanation. Thanks 👍

Thank you. You just saved my client a bundle.

Fantastic video. Don't often comment but well done 🎉

Very helpful, thankyou

These 12 minutes and 31 seconds just saved me HOURS of trying to figure this stuff out! Thank you!!! One quick question, I noticed that your chart showed that the 170 degree overlay hinge has N/A shown for the unsprung version. Does this mean that a push-to-open feature wouldn’t work?

The content is excellent! Keep it up.

Nico mock up! Thank you.

This is very helpful. I hope someday you could give us some advices regarding the adjustments of those hinges. Sorry for my clumsy english!

I'm building understair storage with inset doors so they go flush with the wall above (staircase is on the other side of the wall). A double door cupboard and a smaller single door cupboard. We are doing a self-build and I'm not a fine carpenter! I installed hardwood frames straight into the structural opening and managed to get everything square and plumb, then bought Blum hinges after watching this video. I made a quick prototype of the top door and found immediately that where the door goes to a point, it binds on the inside edge. So I had to remove a section of the top of the frame to flatten it out and it worked great. Installed the doors but hadn't realised the same problem in reverse exists: the OUTSIDE of the other double door binds against the frame when it opens to near 90 degrees. So I contacted Blum, who were excellent and told me the exact correct product, but unfortunately it needs a mounting plate with additional screw that sits further back in the frame, something like 85mm back as the door is inset. Unfortunately my hardwood frame is only 75mm deep. Ugh. Now I'm wondering if I should ditch the whole frame set and replace with a deeper one. Or if I should make some kind of radius or even notch the frame (ugh) where it binds. It's my own home, so not a customer project... and my levels of care are decreasing as there are so many other aspects of the build to complete! If the former then that's a week of work down the drain :(

Great video, thanks

Thank you. My kitchen cabinet doors have started to sag.They were installed over 30 years ago, and have hinges with no mounting plates. Can't find similar online. Guess it's time for an upgrade, but can't afford right now.

Thank you mate!

Hi A complete explanation of the correct use of concealed hinges The 170degree hinge is mainly used to obtain cero protuding of the door into the case from only 90degree of opening, used with rool out drawers. That is the reason why it only come in full overlay. Half or inset makes no sense saludos Gerardo

I was so jazzed to finally find the hinge I needed (the funny little one) but you have no description for it.

Thanks for that reply. Enjoy your videos and enrolled in the buy me a coffee programme as a thanks

Very informative. Thank you 👌🏽.

Million thanks for you..this video very helpfull

Thanks guy, this helped allot

Cooooool.....they have something for everything.

This is great! Just started working in a furniture company as a constructor and now I know what everyone is talking about. Thanks! So do you choose the mounting plate accordingly to the thickness of the sides or the door overlay?

Great information. Does anyone know if there's a weight or reliability issue between the top hinge clips vs the newer compact hinges.

Thanks A lot!

Very useful thanks.

Hi, very clear explanations. I have angled under-stairs doors to fix as overlay doors on the dividing panels but inset under the frame above it. The high side with the 45 degree point which has the hinges on it is going to catch on the flush frame above which is sloping down if using a standard concealed hinge. Is there a hinge that will move the door out horizontally at the same time as opening so it doesn't move across? Hope that is clear. and many thanks if you can help.

Thank you! Don’t normally do much cabinet stuff, but have a few bits on at mo, so this is great. You recommended screws in another video.. can’t find which one. Any recommendations for screws? I’ve just had a load of hinges delivered... and no screws! 3.5 x 16 yeah?

Super! Thanks.

I have to compliment Blum on that Technical Catalogue, it’s not your normal catalogue and is well produced and a luxury as far as trade catalogues go 😅

Very useful. Cheers

This was very helpful. I have the Blum 71B3550 hinges which I want to install using the Kreg concealed hinge jig. I’m having a fart time trying to figure out how many millimeters I should set on the depth when I drill the cup hole. Finding the install info has been harder than I thought. Any ideas?

Great video. I have been asked by AO to replace with thinner hinge for an integrated fridge installation. Still wondering what they mean by a thinner hinge. Would you be able to advise the best ones for an integrated fridge freezer.

Another great video, bookmarked for future reference - thanks. Have you done anything on dealing with out of plumb cabinets ? I have to retro install / rework a flush MF door in an understairs space where the hinge wall is out of plumb and the hinge plates are screwed directly onto a piece of MDF fixed to the wall. The customer wants a minimal parallel gap between wall and door, so the whole door is going to end up rhomboid.. I am sure this will be achieved with a lot of faffing, but what hinges have the maximum adjustment capability ?

all these hinges and more can be found in Canada at Richelieu Hardware.

So helpful, thank you. Would you know the code of the mounting plate at 6.50 please as cannot find in the Blum online catalogue? These plates would be ideal for a current project I'm working on. Thanks

Very useful video! Do you have to have the soft close on both hinges or can it only be on one of the hinges for full size door applications in say a kitche? Thanks

OMG!!!!!!!! FANTASTIC!

What is the name of the first hinge he talks about im trying to find the exact same ones

Great video, thanks so much for the explanations! Could you tell me the code for the hinge at 6:40, please? And if there are any hinges that accommodate a similar situation?

Yep, that was helpful

Love the video! Very helpful! Can you please tell me what the name of the hinge type that you describe that 'Sharps bedrooms' use please (at 7.06 on the video)?

Good video

Thank you!!!

very good

Great, thanks!

Very usefull Alastair thankyou. Would it be acceptable to use any of these hinges on 18mm mdf carcasses as opposed to ply?? Will the screws hold ok?

Thank you!

Really good how do I enter your members only site ? Thanks Peter

Thanks Man !