Hinge for fold down shelf

[scourge90]

Hi,

I'm both a new home owner and a new Power-tools-too-powerful-for-me-to-safely-handle owner and I'm starting a few projects.

One is taking a sideboard and changing one of the Drawers and turning it into a shelf (for our Digibox) and using the drawer front as a fold down front, kind of like a drinks cabinet but on a smaller scale. My trouble is I don't know what piece of ironmongery I need to make sure that the drawer front folds down and out securely, can anyone give me some suggestions on the best/safest way to do this?

Regards,

Pete

 

[Stormer1940]

A picture would be helpful to see the usage context... Not sure if a piano hinge is what you would be looking for.

 

[Gromit62]

Hi Pete, As Stormer suggested a cabinet hinge pus maybe a cabinet stay like http://www.isaaclord.co.uk/products.aspx?subCat=130 to make the flap secure in the down position.
Geoff.

 

[scourge90]

Stormer and Gromit Thank you,

between the two of you you've given me the two exact things I had in mind but not the vocab to track down, you're both stars.

I like this forum

Cheers,
Scourge90