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06-14-2020, 12:39 AM
After coming up with the pattern we liked, we discovered that Ikea doesn't make these doors 10" tall for the Besta system, only drawers. So we had to drill our own holes. (Belatedly I learned that it may be because the screw holes would conflict with the drawer mounts. That or the torque on the hinges is pretty high for long term reliability with them so close).
Not having the right tools for the job, but having a Shaper Origin, we decided to use that. We haven't really used the SO very much, though we did some work on the Toolbox Droid with it.
A fun and useful tool, though I'm having trouble getting "perfect" alignment with it, and I need practice moving it. Sometimes it slips too fast for it to correct. Perhaps I'm cutting at the wrong speed or something.
I also learned, after triple checking, that if you use a 1/4" router bit but tell it that it's an 1/8" router bit your hole will be too big! Fortunately we were smart enough to use a test board. Though somehow I wasn't smart enough to realize, checking 3x, that 0.125" wasn't the 1/4" I was looking for. (I really thought I checked, I have no clue what I did wrong.) After fixing that though, the holes were pretty much perfect!
Only minor issue is that a couple of the old drawer mount points collided near the screw mount points, so I'll probably have to fill and drill two of those on one of the doors.
I also probably should've put the bottom hinge in the slightly lower position, but I was following the top/bottom spacing of the other Ikea door. That'd have helped the torque problem a little. We'll probably fit something in the middle for the doors to rest on when close to keep them from overly stressing themselves.
![[Image: normal_DIY_Hinge_Mount_28229.jpg]](http://www.rebeldroids.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10017/normal_DIY_Hinge_Mount_28229.jpg)
![[Image: normal_DIY_Hinge_Mount_28129.jpg]](http://www.rebeldroids.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10017/normal_DIY_Hinge_Mount_28129.jpg)
Not having the right tools for the job, but having a Shaper Origin, we decided to use that. We haven't really used the SO very much, though we did some work on the Toolbox Droid with it.
A fun and useful tool, though I'm having trouble getting "perfect" alignment with it, and I need practice moving it. Sometimes it slips too fast for it to correct. Perhaps I'm cutting at the wrong speed or something.
I also learned, after triple checking, that if you use a 1/4" router bit but tell it that it's an 1/8" router bit your hole will be too big! Fortunately we were smart enough to use a test board. Though somehow I wasn't smart enough to realize, checking 3x, that 0.125" wasn't the 1/4" I was looking for. (I really thought I checked, I have no clue what I did wrong.) After fixing that though, the holes were pretty much perfect!
Only minor issue is that a couple of the old drawer mount points collided near the screw mount points, so I'll probably have to fill and drill two of those on one of the doors.
I also probably should've put the bottom hinge in the slightly lower position, but I was following the top/bottom spacing of the other Ikea door. That'd have helped the torque problem a little. We'll probably fit something in the middle for the doors to rest on when close to keep them from overly stressing themselves.