I built a solid cherry kitchen several years ago and used Blum compact concealed soft close hinges which worked out very well. My son and I are now building new doors for his kitchen. Not new boxes, just simple flat panel doors with poplar frame and plywood panels. All will be painted.
His "boxes" are built-in plywood so the compact hinges would be screwed into the edge of plywood. My solid cherry frames held the screws very well but I'm wondering if attaching the hinges into the end section of plywood is ok. Ply holds screws well when they are face mounted but will the ply (looks like birch) hold screws when installed on the 3/4 edge?
Hidden GLOAT here is that my +30 year old son is helping me build his doors. First time he has used a jointer, plainer, table saw etc...and he's really enjoying the into to woodworking.
His "boxes" are built-in plywood so the compact hinges would be screwed into the edge of plywood. My solid cherry frames held the screws very well but I'm wondering if attaching the hinges into the end section of plywood is ok. Ply holds screws well when they are face mounted but will the ply (looks like birch) hold screws when installed on the 3/4 edge?
Hidden GLOAT here is that my +30 year old son is helping me build his doors. First time he has used a jointer, plainer, table saw etc...and he's really enjoying the into to woodworking.