Blum Compact 38N 105 degree wrap around face frame hinge with BLUMOTION

Description

Blum Compact 38N 105 degree wrap around face frame hinge with BLUMOTION, Blum cabinet hardware, sold each. Soft close wrap around hinge for face frame cabinets, 105 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 38N355B.08, the Compact 38N, is the wrap around version with a 105 degree opening, with BLUMOTION soft close built in, sold each.

Face frame fit

The Compact 38N (part 38N355B.08) 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 38N355B.08 per door on a standard size door.

Installing it

Bore the cup, fix part 38N355B.08 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 38N355B.08 are in cabinet screws. Face frame cabinets getting part 38N355B.08 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 38N, 105 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 38N355B.08.

Questions

Does part 38N355B.08 need a separate soft close unit?

No. BLUMOTION soft close is built into part 38N355B.08.

How many of part 38N355B.08 does one door need?

Two of part 38N355B.08 on a standard size door. Tall or heavy face frame doors usually take three of part 38N355B.08.