Im need help finding a certain type of hinge?

Question

I am going to try my best to explain this. It is hard without a visual but here we go. I am making a custom coffee table and I would like the top of it to be able to rotate 180 degrees as there will be a different design on either side of the table top.

My coffee table has a 1"x6" frame around the edges. Inside of this frame is the rectangle piece of wood that I want to be able to rotate 180 degrees.

I was thinking of having a male and female cylinder on both the left and right sides of the rectangle inset that the table top could rotate on and then use a latch to secure it in place once it is flipped.

I hope this makes sense.

Answer 1

Just so I understand what you mean....

You want to be able to turn over the decorative top, not turn it like a "lazy susan".



This isn't so much a hinge that you need, but a pivot that also slides/rolls. As you flip the top it needs to be able to clear the frame, slide to the opposite end of the table and close again with the obverse side now facing up.



So you need 2 pivoting "pins" at one end of the decorative top, set in a channel the pins can roll or slide in.

I'll include a couple of links to hardware that might be a starting point.



I don't know how heavy this top will be. The pins may have to be anchored in the channel to prevent them from slipping out if the top isn't moved square to the table.

This is a simple pivot pin, The ends are set into holes in the edges of the table top, but needs a channel to move..

http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=788



This is a table leaf hinge. It allows a table leaf to be folded out 180 degrees. but you still have to get the top to slide back over the base.



http://www.hardwaresource.com/hinges/FURNITURE+HINGES/Table+Hinges+-+Shelf+Hinges/Flip+Over+Table+Hinge

Answer 2

Gosh, I just cant picture what you are describing but I do have an idea. Go to a good hardware store or even a good woodworking store and take a drawing of your table. Talk to a skilled woodworker who can advise you on the right hinges and hardware to use. Make sure to find someone who actually knows about woodworking.

Also, by being at the store you can look at all the selections in the specialty fastener section and maybe the right thing will just jump out at you.

Good luck with finishing your project!

Answer 3

Roto hinges will do it. Here's a link:



http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=788

Answer 4

You should do up a sketch and go to a hardware (home depot for instance) and ask them for help.