Blum Compact 38B 107 degree wrap around face frame hinge with BLUMOTION

Description

Blum Compact 38B 107 degree wrap around face frame hinge with BLUMOTION, Blum cabinet hardware, sold each. Soft close wrap around hinge for face frame cabinets, 107 degree opening, 45mm boring pattern.

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What this hinge is

Face frame cabinets need a different hinge from frameless ones because the door hangs from the frame, not from the cabinet side. Blum’s Compact line is the concealed hinge for that job, and part 38B355BF22, the Compact 38B, is the wrap around version with a 107 degree opening, with BLUMOTION soft close built in, sold each.

Face frame fit

The Compact 38B (part 38B355BF22) mounts to the frame stile, not to a cabinet side, which is the whole reason the Compact line exists alongside Clip Top. This wrap around version wraps the stile and screws into both its face and edge, which suits a stile wide enough to take it. Door boring is the 45mm pattern. Two of part 38B355BF22 per door on a standard size door.

Installing it

Bore the cup, fix part 38B355BF22 to the door, then screw the base to the frame stile with the door held in place at the right overlay; adjust the reveal from the hinge afterward. Our hinge and drawer slide screws for part 38B355BF22 are in cabinet screws. Face frame cabinets getting part 38B355BF22 are also the ones that most often need a rear bracket or socket behind the drawer slide, which Drawer slide types and How to install a replacement drawer box explain.

The drawers behind the door

Whatever is behind a face frame door hung on a Compact 38B, 107 degree opening, is usually a drawer, and we build those too: a custom size dovetail drawer box in Baltic Birch or Hard Maple (Select Grade), sized for side mount slides or notched for an undermount runner, or a standard size drawer box off the shelf, Built in USA, to go with part 38B355BF22.

Questions

Is part 38B355BF22 for face frame or frameless cabinets?

Face frame. Part 38B355BF22 mounts to the frame stile; frameless cabinets use Clip Top hinges with a wing mounting plate instead.

What is the difference between edge mount and wrap around on the Compact 38B?

Part 38B355BF22 is the wrap around version: it wraps the stile and screws into its face and edge for a stronger hold on wider frames. The edge mount version screws into the edge of the stile instead and needs no room behind the frame.