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Specialty hinge for coffee table

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#1 ·
Hi, I'm new to the forum but I was wondering if someone could help me figure something out. I searched over quite a few different coffee table pictures and came up with a design that I would like to make using lots of different concepts. One of the features is a hidden compartment in the top and when it's open, the top hangs slightly below the edge of the top. I'm just trying to figure out what the hinge is that is being used... the website no longer offers the table but they still have a picture of it here. If anybody can be of any help, I would appreciate it greatly.

Thanks, Rob.
 
#7 ·
If you look carefully at the pictures of the closed table, you can see that there are three hinges on that side of the table. The mechanism in the middle functions like a toy box hinge to keep the lid from slamming down. The "drop" down of the lid is partially real and partially an illusion, i.e. I do not think it goes down as far as it seems.

Futz
 
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