Blum Compact 39C 110 degree wrap around face frame hinge with BLUMOTION

Description

Blum Compact 39C 110 degree wrap around face frame hinge with BLUMOTION, Blum cabinet hardware, sold each. Soft close wrap around hinge for face frame cabinets, 110 degree opening, 45mm boring pattern.

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What this hinge is

Part 39C355B.21, the Blum Compact 39C, is a concealed face frame hinge: the cup is bored into the door, and the arm screws to the face frame by wrapping around the frame stile, which gives a stronger grip on wider frames. It opens to 110 degrees. BLUMOTION soft close is built into part 39C355B.21. It is sold each.

Face frame fit

Part 39C355B.21 is for face frame cabinets only. Wrap around means the base wraps the frame stile and screws into its face and edge, the usual choice when the stile is wide enough. Compact hinges including part 39C355B.21 are sold by overlay, so choose the version that matches how far the door overlays the frame. Part 39C355B.21 takes the 45mm boring pattern. A standard door takes two of part 39C355B.21.

Installing it

Fix the Compact 39C to the door first, cup side in, then hold the door at the right overlay against the frame and screw the base to the stile; the reveal on part 39C355B.21 is corrected from the hinge afterward, not by moving the base. The screws for part 39C355B.21 are in cabinet screws. A face frame cabinet getting part 39C355B.21 usually also needs a rear bracket behind the drawer slide; Drawer slide types and How to install a replacement drawer box cover that.

The drawers behind the door

Behind a face frame door hung on part 39C355B.21 there is usually a drawer or a pull out, and those we build: a custom size dovetail drawer box in Baltic Birch or Hard Maple (Select Grade), notched for an undermount runner or sized for side mount slides, or a standard size drawer box, dovetailed and assembled in our Las Vegas shop for part 39C355B.21, Built in USA.

Questions

Can I use part 39C355B.21 on a frameless cabinet?

No, the Compact line is built to mount on a face frame stile. A frameless cabinet needs a Clip Top hinge on a wing or in-line mounting plate instead of part 39C355B.21.

What stile width does part 39C355B.21 need?

Wrap around needs a stile wide enough for the base to wrap around and screw into both the face and the edge; too narrow a stile calls for the edge mount version instead of part 39C355B.21.