Lid stay question
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12 October 2019 at 1:37 pm #617261
It’s been a very long time since I posted something here, but I hope someone might be able to help me. I have just finished building this project and it has been an amazing learning experience and fun to build. In Paul’s version he added a gas stay to stop the lid tipping backwards. He screwed it into the frame of the lid. I altered the dimensions for my chest (I made a slightly smaller version). Unfortunately the frame of my lid just barely overhangs the inside of the box (only about 5mm). This means that I have to screw the stay into the panel. But: the panel is bevelled and therefore very thin where I need to screw the stay (too thing for a screw).
My question is if anyone has tips/suggestions for solving this. One thought I had is that I could glue a block of wood to the inside of the panel of the lid, thereby making it thicker, and screwing a stay into that. It would be a bit unsightly though. I don’t need a gas stay per se, and could also attach a chain, but then I’m face with the same problem of how to attach it to the lid.The chest will be placed along a wall, so the lid wouldn’t be able to open more than 100 degrees as it is. but I still like the idea of having some kind of safeguard against it opening too far and ripping out the hinges.
I’ve attached a couple of pictures.
Any advice is much appreciated!
Robert
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You must be logged in to view attached files.12 October 2019 at 6:50 pm #617334Nice chest.
Gas stay brackets come in all sorts of offset configurations.
It could be that one like this might work to screw to the lid frame.
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Stabila is another brand.
Google 10mm gas stay bracket and dozens of types will show.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.12 October 2019 at 7:03 pm #617344An alternative is to use adjustable friction hinges. With these, the lid will stay in any position you put it.
The other reason for a slow-close stay when there is a heavy lid is to protect children’s fingers, heads, and whatever else they manage to stick in there. There are also spring-based stays. You need to calculate the torque requirement from the weight and size of the lid.
13 October 2019 at 7:36 am #617487Larry: I will look at some of the offset options and see if I can find something, or glueing a bevelled block. Ed: there are no kids in this house (usually) but that’s a valid point.
Thanks for all your help!
14 October 2020 at 8:30 pm #682249Hi Robert,
I ended up in a very similar situation. I was running low on material and had to make my lid frame narrower than Paul’s design. I didn’t even think about how that would affect my stay. After thinking about it a lot, I realized I did not have a lot of options and ended up screwing it to the panel. I was nervous about breaking through to the other side, so once I got my screws started I took them back out and filed the point off. I am reasonably happy with the result, but next time I would try to make sure this did not happen.
Hope this was helpful,
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