ShopReady Draft 2D · 1:13 · narrated, with captions

A flip-up cabinet door on a gas strut, part 6 of 7: What the hinge holds, and moving a fixing point

With the hinge's pin picked the window reads what it takes to hold the door, and the reading follows as the door is moved by hand: 0.945 N m keeps it shut, the strut lifts hardest near 60 degrees. Then the cabinet's stud is moved 40 further back with Move: the strut goes with it, the reading turns round, and let go the door opens by itself. Undo puts it back.

Before thisA flip-up cabinet door on a gas strut, part 5 of 7: The strut to buy NextA flip-up cabinet door on a gas strut, part 7 of 7: The strut's length, a film, and the sizes for the shop

This is one part of a longer film

Whole project · 7:09

A flip-up cabinet door on a gas strut: the whole project

A wall cabinet's flip-up door, from a blank drawing to the strut to buy and where to screw it. The cabinet is drawn from the side with rectangles and typed sizes; the door is pinned at its hinge with stops and pulled by hand; Check for hits finds the door's back corner binding on the cabinet top and the Clearance tool gives it a 2 mm reveal. A gas strut between two drawn studs is sized by the program (71.6 N holds this 3 kg door level; an 80 N strut is fitted), let go to see the door stay shut and stay open, and its fixing point is tried in a worse place and put back. The last chapter reads off the strut's lengths, saves a film of the swing and dimensions the fixing points.

The rest of this project

Chapter · 1:09

A flip-up cabinet door on a gas strut, part 1 of 7: The cabinet from the side

Chapter · 52 s

A flip-up cabinet door on a gas strut, part 2 of 7: A pin, stops, and a pull by hand

Chapter · 1:03

A flip-up cabinet door on a gas strut, part 3 of 7: Where it binds, and the fix

Chapter · 1:11

A flip-up cabinet door on a gas strut, part 4 of 7: Fixing points, weight, and a strut

Chapter · 55 s

A flip-up cabinet door on a gas strut, part 5 of 7: The strut to buy

Chapter · 1:45