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Saturday, February 27, 2016

Crafting the Hinge Assembly

When researching my design, I found the most common complaint of wine barrel smoker owners was instability of the hinged lid. Therefore, I put a lot of effort into creating a robust attachment of the lid to the smoker.

To create a solid hinge, I extended the width of the hinge assembly along a plane tangent to the barrel's edge. I accomplished this by carving upper and lower plates of wood that matched the contour of the barrel along both sides of the opening.



















I then screwed the wood plates to the barrel with large wood screws, using a countersink drill bit to recess screw heads below the faces of hinges to be attached.















Once the wood plates were firmly secured, I attached three cabinet middle hinges to create a solid connection between the lid and main body.















With the hinge assembly completed, I attached decorative chain on both sides of the barrel to hold the lid in place when opened.


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