Overview
Now you can have the smooth, soft-closing action of BLUMotion in a compact, space-saving hinge - ideal for face-frame cabinets or any cabinet where clearance is an issue. With Compact BLUMotion, the damping mechanism fits entirely within the hinge cup, allowing use of a smaller mounting plate. Each hinge has a switch for turning the soft-close feature off for use with small doors, and each retains the 3-way adjustability of other Blum hinges. Compact BLUmotion hinges are available in five different overlays, ranging from 3/8" to 1-3/8". Restrictor Clips (#47937) are also available below for restricting the opening angle to 86 degrees. This prevents the door from banging into adjacent cabinets or cabinet doors.
Note: #43870 is a Variable Overlay Hinge that mounts to the front of a face frame and only offers 2 way adjustment. All Non-Variable Overlay Face Frame Hinges have 3-way adjustability.
Note: #43870 is a Variable Overlay Hinge that mounts to the front of a face frame and only offers 2 way adjustment. All Non-Variable Overlay Face Frame Hinges have 3-way adjustability.
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building vanity at my house something new
Jimmie H
on Aug 16, 2017
I love these hinges and they easy to work with and install.
Mary M
on Aug 2, 2017
building vanity at my house something new
Jimmie H
on Aug 16, 2017
Soft close feature on sale. Overlay is between 1/2 and 3/4 so seeing which adjustment works better.
Frank O
on Aug 10, 2017
This produce states that "hinges are available in five different overlays, ranging from 3/8" to 1-3/8"" What does the inches refer to? I am using 3/4" think boards
BEST ANSWER: Overlay is the amount the door covers or overlaps the front of the cabinet on the hinge side of the door when the door is closed.
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- Steve Staff on Jun 17, 2015
What is diameter and depth of the hinge cup for a ¾ inch Blum soft close hinge?
BEST ANSWER: The cup hole size is 35mm and the depth of the hole is 11mm
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- Rick H Staff on Apr 20, 2015
I have a hinge with Numbers 30.310-11.02 on the back of a plastic insert. Are those # indicating the type of hinge I have?
do not know what overlay I need?
BEST ANSWER: For a Face Frame Cabinet, the overlay is the distance from the inside of the frame to the cabinet door edge. Just draw a line on the outside of the closed cabinet door, then measure the distance to the face frame edge; that's the overlay.
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- MARK B on Aug 5, 2015
- Purchased on Mar 10, 2015
What is the measurement from edge of door to center of hole for the hinge?
BEST ANSWER: 20.5mm from the edge of the door to the center of the hole
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- Rick H Staff on Oct 10, 2016
Is there a guideline for determining whether I need 2 or 3 hinges for any given door? Some of my doors, i.e. pantry, are rather large, while others are just tall, and I need to know if 2 hinges will be sufficient for those doors.
Thanks in advance!
MR
Thanks in advance!
MR
BEST ANSWER: The guideline I go by is on how much weight that the hinges can handle and how stable the wood is that the door is made of. If the door is tall but not heavy but the wood is not stable i use three or four on how big the door is to keep it from boeing. The blum soft-close can handle a heavy doors and shut softly compared to other brands that i used on lighter doors that there soft close can't handle and they just slam .
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- Ted D on Oct 3, 2015
- Purchased on Mar 7, 2015
My face frame side is 7/8 inch thick,will these Blum hinges fit the frame or does it have to be 3/4 inch thick?
BEST ANSWER: YES, they will fit. In case they're a bit tight, just mark the area where the hinge flange will go & gently file that inside edge a bit.
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- felice f on Apr 9, 2015
- Purchased on Mar 7, 2015
are screws with each hinge?
BEST ANSWER: They were with the hinges I bought. The diameter of the screw heads and the finish are important.
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- Howard V on Dec 3, 2015
- Purchased on Mar 10, 2015
can this be used with 1inch thick face frame material?
BEST ANSWER: Hi Robert,
I used the "variable overlay 43870" so the thickness of the face frame didn't matter.
George
I used the "variable overlay 43870" so the thickness of the face frame didn't matter.
George
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- George K on Aug 18, 2016
- Purchased on Apr 5, 2015
are there right and left handed hinges? I have two diifferent directions on the door mounted curved part blum soft hinge
BEST ANSWER: These hinges should work in either direction. I have purchased thesee hinges for several cabinets I have built.
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- Kevin B on Mar 19, 2017
- Purchased on Mar 22, 2015
How does the restrictive clips work and can it work with other brands of hinges?
BEST ANSWER: The clips work well with the Blum hinges. I don't know if they work with other brands. Make sure to install them before mounting the door to the cabinet. The clip must be installed while the hinge is in the closed position. The instructions weren't completely clear but the curved part of the clip lies on top of the hinge arm and the larger part of it is closest to the side of the cup next to the door edge. I found a pair of needle nose pliers worked well to seat both sides of the clip where the little tabs insert into the cup to hold it in place. The clip is a must have to prevent cabinet doors from banging into each other when doors open toward each other or the door is close to a wall and the knob or door will hit the wall possibly damaging the finish of the door or the wall.
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- VINTON I on Nov 6, 2015
- Purchased on Mar 3, 2015
I'm replacing my cabinet hinges and I have a 1/4 " overlay if I buy the 3/8" overlay is there enough adjustment to make them work?
Is there a way to add the soft close mechanism to existing hinges as long as the hinge is the same.....just not soft close
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BEST ANSWER: There is this adapter. Search rockler for blumotion hinge adapter item no. 25756 http://www.rockler.com/blumotion-hinge-adapter-compact?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=&utm_content=pla&utm_campaign=PL&sid=V9146&gclid=CIH4q_eFt9MCFRZYDQodSFwGRw
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- Kevin T on Apr 21, 2017
- Purchased on Apr 24, 2015
I have 51" vertical door openings. How many hinges do I need per door?
Planning on using these 1-1/4" overlay hinges on a cabinet against a wall. The cabinet has a 1-1/2" face frame. Is 1/4" enough room for door to open completely without hitting wall?
BEST ANSWER: It should be no problem , but if you could just mock it up on a couple pieces of scrap to look like your cabinet side and that will tell you on ly take couple minutes and some scrap wood , and then you are sure they will work , hope that helps!
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- Hyatt B on Sep 21, 2016
- Purchased on Apr 2, 2015
What is the minimum spacing for these? I am building a vanity and want to determine how close I can make the drawers to the doors and what the space needs to be for the door to open without issue.
BEST ANSWER: For my custom cabinets, I used 3/4 overlay blum hinges. When the doors swing, they pretty much pivot in place without moving more than 1/8" further out from the hinge. For my custom cabinets, I did 3/4 overlays everywhere (sides, top, bottom) and spaced everything 3/4 apart. The doors are spaced 3/4 from the side of each cabinet, so actually adjacent doors are actually 1-1/2 apart. Drawers above a door are spaced at 3/4, and the drawer has an overlay of 3/4 all the way around. Note that the blum hinges from rockler open at 105 degrees, which is only 10 degrees past straight out. You'll need the forstner bit sold by rockler to drill the correct sized hole.
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- Robert G on Jul 16, 2017
- Purchased on Jul 31, 2015
MY CABINET BOTTOM HAS FULL PULL OUT DRAWS AND IM USING CENTERLINE DRAW SLIDES THAT NEED A 1/2 CLEARANCE ON EACH SIDE RFOM THE FACE FRAME WILL THIS HING OPEN ENOUGH SO I CAN PULL THE DRAES ALL THE WAY OUT ?
BEST ANSWER: Bill, I used the hinges that are surface mount (don't wrap around the face frame) because my doors were a little wider than for the standard design hinge. That being said, there would be plenty of room for your pull-out drawers.
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- George K on Jul 12, 2016
- Purchased on Apr 5, 2015
can i use these hinges for inset cabinets? which would be zero or negative overlay?
BEST ANSWER: Nope, your asking this hinge to do something it was never intended to do. You won't be happy. Blum makes a great product. You just need to select the right hinge for your application.
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- Fred H on Oct 29, 2015
- Purchased on Mar 24, 2015
Will the Blum Restrictor Clip work with this hinge?
BEST ANSWER: Yes. I have used the blum restrictor clips on these blum overlay hinges. It took me a couple of tries to figure how they fit but once I figured that out they installed quickly and worked great. I used them on 7 cabinet doors and am very pleased with how they work.
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- Roger W on Sep 23, 2015
- Purchased on Mar 14, 2015
Can this be used with 1 inch thick doors? And this door is butted against the wall, will it be able to open without hitting the wall?
The reveal is marked as 7mm in the instructions. Does this mean if I have two doors back to back that's how much distance I need between them for the hinges to operate properly?
BEST ANSWER: Yes. I just measured mine (I don't have any back to back), and it needed 6 mm. So the 7mm sounds correct. Between a pair of doors, I needed only 1mm.
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- George K on Oct 24, 2016
- Purchased on Apr 5, 2015
I have 3/4 face frame what hinges do I use so the doors open arou d cabinet?
BEST ANSWER: If you have a face frame on you cabinet then none of our hinges will wrap around the cabinet.
If you have frameless cabinet then the aximat hinges are my recommendation
If you have frameless cabinet then the aximat hinges are my recommendation
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- Rick H Staff on May 9, 2016
Can I use 7/8 inch door frames and 7/8 inch doors instead of 3/4 inch wood?
BEST ANSWER: No, you won't get a proper fit.
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- Fred H on Apr 4, 2016
- Purchased on Mar 24, 2015
My kitchen cabinet doors have a 3/8" overlay. However the front of the doors are a 1/2" wider than the back because these doors have a finger pull profile on their edges. Do I order the hinge for the 3/8" overlay or is it considered a 5/8" overlay?
BEST ANSWER: The Blum hinges I used would not work for your application. If installed as a 3/8" overlay, the door would open to only 75 degrees before the overlay would contact the face frame (and I'm sure you would need 90 degree minimum.) If installed as for a 5/8" overlay the hole to accept the door piece of the hinge would exceed the available space. I.E. it would show when viewed from the side. I hope I understand your question. George K.
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- George K on Jan 7, 2016
- Purchased on Apr 5, 2015
are 1/2 inch overlay hinges zero protrusion?
BEST ANSWER: What you see in the diagram is about it. There's about an 1/8" "protusion" on the outside face of the stile but is hidden when the door ishut. The door insert is nearly the same. Properly installed you should have no problem.
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- HAROLD H on Nov 2, 2015
- Purchased on Mar 11, 2015
I want to replace my blum hiinges markeds 110 and 1 5/8 on bracket on door doors overlap 1 5/8 ?
BEST ANSWER: Rockler has two hinges that would work for your 1-5/8" overlay.
#90788 and #43870, both variable hinges and are mounted to the face frame face and not the end.
#90788 and #43870, both variable hinges and are mounted to the face frame face and not the end.
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- Rick H Staff on Oct 9, 2015
i have a cabinet opening of 14" and 13 1/2" , can i use the 3/8 in overlay. and does use the same jig in drilling pocket holes as any size hinge?
BEST ANSWER: I used a jig for a Hickory 35 mm hinge and it worked just fine.
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- Alan H on Jan 2, 2016
- Purchased on Oct 15, 2015
HI, I need a 0.875" overlay hing. Since the hinges are adjustable, will the 3/4" hinge adjust to 0.875" overlay?
BEST ANSWER: The hinge is adjustable to compensate for misalignment in mounting but not overlay which is fixed at .75 inch.
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- George P on Sep 22, 2015
- Purchased on Mar 27, 2015
I have a computer cabinet that the hinge broke, it currently has 6 European hinges and I want to know if this can work for a computer Hutch?
BEST ANSWER: I don't see why not. As long as you know what the overlay is and if you have two hinges on the door you might want to think about replacing both of them. Different hinges don't always play well with each other
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- Rick H Staff on Sep 17, 2015
does anyone know if these will replace a dtc hinge?
BEST ANSWER: It is quite possible that these can replace dtc hinges. You will need to know what the overlay is and you can check out the instructions of these under the Technical Downloads under the Blum Compact Soft-Close Blumotion overlay hinges for face frame
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- Rick H Staff on Aug 24, 2015
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Good quality. Customer was very pleased. Fit the orginal drilling for the original worn hinges. I was pleased with the product and the service.
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Replace Grass 35mm 3-way European hinges
My kitchen cabinets were manufacturer built with Grass 35 mm 3-way European style hinges. Previously these were available at local home improvement stores, but have not been available since 2006. The Rockler #43870 BLUMotion hinges replace the Grass hinges perfectly and provide much better opening and closing functionality.
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August 22, 2014
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Nice hinge
Easy to install and worked pefectly. Worth the extra bucks to stop the doors banging
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Blum hinges
These hinges are great. I used these 1/2" overlay hinges on my existing kitchen cabinets. I didn't need to buy a Fostner drill bit because I had one. I used my floor model drill press which makes it easier to drill the holes in the cabinet doors to except the new hinges. I wouldn't use any other hinge now that I used these Blum hinges.
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Piece of cake
These hinges are a piece of cake to install with lots of possible ways to adjustment so that door spacing in rows of cabinets looks like it was done by a pro. Well, in this case it was but a moderately skilled woodworker can achieve professional results and the soft close feature is a bonus!
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I've used 'em before and . . .
I always go back to them.
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soft close hinges
These were easy to install and adjust . A very nice hidden hinge
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Excellent hinge / easy install
Great hinges & easy to install. Soft close works perfect.
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The Good Soft Close Hinge
The Blum® Compact Soft-Close BLUMotion Overlay Hinges for Face-Frame is an excellent hinge. Very easy to install. I plan on buy more in the future.
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Installation ease and performance
A great product if you want an amazingly soft close with an ease of installation that will make you smile. I was replacing conventional hinges so did not have to deal with template issues.
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