I’d have to measure my forstner bit tomorrow at work, but I’m thinking that the hole must be pretty darn close to 1/2 deep! Try googling ‘blum cup hinge spacers’ to see if that is what you’re looking for. The concealed cabinet hinge is in most cases the go-to hinge to use when fitting kitchen cabinet doors or fitted bathroom cabinet doors. As the name suggests, the concealed cabinet hinge is fitted to the rear of a cabinet door and to the inside of the cabinet making it invisible from the outside for a clean and professional finish. That’s a very good question Julie! Logic tells me that nearly all the IKEA stuff is made in Europe, so I’m 99% sure it will be metric all the way. Sorry there is no silver bullet! Be very careful with the depth of the hinge hole, there is not too much spare material! Usually the top of the forstner drill bit is flush with the material when deep enough. Drill gently and keep stopping and trial fitting the hinge…

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If you do need to make any position adjustments to you hinge see our project here that covers how to adjust concealed hinges and kitchen cupboard doors for full details. If you need to use more hinges divide the space between the top and bottom marks equally depending on how many hinges you are adding e.g. if you are using 5 hinges, divide the space by 3 for your further 3 hinges. If your hinge plates are already fitted on the carcase you need to mark a line on the carcase where the centre of the hinge is. Then offer the door up to the edge of the carcase at the height you need it to be, usually about 5mm underneath the worktop and transfer the lines to the door.

In the case of this example the top of the door was to overlay the cabinet framework at the top by 50mm so we measured down from the 50mm overlay mark and not just down from the top of the cabinet. If you are featuring overhangs, gaps or similar remember to factor these in also. If you’re using the IKEA Ultrusta cabinet hinge from the new Sektion system, here are a few measurements you’ll need to fashion your template. Drill the hole in the door with a 35mm hinge cutter for your drill or router. Hi – I have a SEKTION SE base cabinet 12x24x30″, a VEDDINGE 12×30″ door, and UTRUSTA hinge 125 2pk with UTRUSTA N pl out interior fit 12″ metal pull out shelves (which I learned today are discontinued). I needed to replace the door because of exterior damage, and foolishly tossed it to the curb before I measured where to drill the holes on the new door for the hinges. IKEA wasn’t able to give me a drilling template for the door. Can you help? Once positioned accurately drill the recess down to a depth of 11-12mm. Stop periodically and test fit the hinge cup to make sure all is well.

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Fitting a concealed cabinet hinge is a slightly different process to fitting a standard hinge in that it needs to fitted slightly offset from the edge of the door and front edge of the cabinet carcass, so accurate measuring and marking is a must if the cabinet door is to fit correctly. If you want an easy way to drill the holes on the door itself, Kreg makes a jig that makes drilling them extremely easy. They call the product “Concealed Hinge Jig” I know I need a 35mm drill for the hinge hole. but can anyone tell me how far from the top and bottom of the door that these are drilled?When choosing new concealed hinges always go for the best quality you can afford. Cheap hinges will certainly do a job but the metal tends to be quite thin so they twist and flex easily causing them to drop under the weight of the door. To successfully fit a concealed hinge to a cabinet and door you will need the following tools and materials: Your 20mm and 50mm measurements saved the day for our project, but now we’re installing the door on the corner cabinet. Using the Utrusta 153 degrees instead of the 110 and it’s not lining up in terms of depth