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penguinsNJersey OP t1_iu0uips wrote

Thinking out loud - can I just offset the hinges maybe by 1/8" and hope the eye wont notice the other 1/8"?

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bms42 t1_iu0vcgo wrote

There's really no way to answer without seeing the cabinet in place. Context matters.

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Petd80 t1_iu1dj7n wrote

Yeah different hinges is the answer. You’ll get a slightly different face frame reveal but after a week you’ll never see it again.

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Zenmedic t1_iu1e81t wrote

I come from many generations of cabinetmakers and furniture makers. The most useful advice I've been given from my late grandfather was "hang it and bang it". Be it off square walls, uneven floors or even maker error, sometimes you just need to put it up and make adjustments on the fly to make the most appealing result.

The hinges will certainly buy you some flexibility, and if they're good hinges, you will be able to make some adjustments. It may not be perfectly level or square, but in finishing, visual trumps objective measurements for most things.

It's hard to give more advice than that without pictures of what the installation looks like (may be options for fill strips, trim pieces, etc).

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JooosephNthomas t1_iu1q8qf wrote

1/8 is in that visible range also. If a guy isn't looking he probably won't see it but yes you will know it is there.... ask my brother how many times we had to cut and reweld his fender on his motorbike because it was level in mounting but the fender was crooked. So we had to mount it uneven and eye ball it in. He knew it was crooked and just couldn't live with it.....

Chances are if you are happy at the end it doesn't matter.

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