hinges for a canopy, any good parts?

[areze]

pretty basic canopy design, only the face lifts up, its a vertical wall thats lifting.

I dont want an exposed piano hinge though.

I found some REALLY cool Soss hinges, invisible hinges that come in stainless steel. one slight issue, they are 80$ each. for a 96" span, ummm yeah, just 1 hinge would be too expensive let alone like 5...

it is invis from both sides when closed though. so perhaps I could get away with a nickel plated hinge here since its not really exposed like a normal hinge.

I cant seem to find another hinge that will lay flat when closed, then extend past 90degrees when open.

any ideas? soss the best thing smoking for this?

[billdogg]

look at hartvilletool.com or Rockler.com or woodwerks.com - they all have great selections of hard to find hardware. is that why they call it hardware???lol

[Esquare]

+1 ^

SOSS are great, why don't you look at the brass?

[areze]

I assumed brass could rust or something, seems to be my only choice.

now I found this

http://www.cabinetparts.com/inc/img/2006/icon/salespitch/aventoshk.jpg

100$ or so, it says its designed for a door up to 48" wide, but I presume thats by weight, and my door is pretty light compared to a typical raise panel door. this thing is an assist that makes the door nuetral, lift it with no effort and itll stay whereever you put it.

[Esquare]

If you're looking for the assisted lift, I've seen folks use the hydraulic pistons from car hatchbacks.

Blum normally has good stuff.

[areze]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdad44e12ww&hl=en

seems like that would work well...

but at 150$ for a set, damned if buying 2 of them isnt kind of depressing... they state quite clearly that it does 48" width. but other than weight, 96" shouldnt be an issue... it cant tell the difference can it?

[areze]

well I got them.

Im very impressed. aside from pulling my hair out finding a tape measure with millimeters on it to do the correct measurements, it was pretty easy to install.

works as advertised.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdad44e12ww&feature=related

http://www.rasecreations.com/hostimages/hinge1.jpg
http://www.rasecreations.com/hostimages/hinge2.jpg
http://www.rasecreations.com/hostimages/hinge3.jpg
http://www.rasecreations.com/hostimages/hinge4.jpg
http://www.rasecreations.com/hostimages/hinge5.jpg

[Esquare]

Sweet!