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Steve, Now I see why it's a mystery.
*These kind are always so hard to solve......but I'll try........I bet something's twisted......or outta plumb. But, based on the provided info.....that's just a reasoned guess. Try this and see if it works... ....if that doesn't help, try.... Good luck, Jeff
*Oh, now I've got it!Here what you do:______________________and then ______________________but if that doesn't work_______________________Good luck!
*Its a matter of left hand jamb or right hand jamb. right hand jamb, three knuckles to the jamb two to the door. Left hand is reversed
*But then you have to look at it from another point of view too. Is it an inswing or outswing door. And, then what do you do if you need three hinges: does that mean some other door might get an odd hinge that's facing the wrong way?
*Use a piano hinge and the whole issue becomes mote.Rich Beckman
*i becomes moteOr, in my eye, it becomes beam.
*i whole issue becomes mote. Rich, you're thinking way too small here.
*...moot?
*How can you have post and beam when there was no post to begin with?
*I think first we have to decide if it will be an interior or an exterior door.Later. LJ
*When all else fails adj it with a 5lbs sledge that always works for me
*This must be the most amusing thread I've ever read. The pin goes up. The button goes down. The jamb carries more weight and needs three knuckles? Hmmmm...that's an interesting thought. I've also been thinking about which end of the egg should be cracked; which direction should Phillips head screws be seated--angled or slots horizontal and vertical?Gary
*Gary,Horizontal and vertical, of course!
*Until this thread came around, 'never gave it a second thought; just made sure the pin was up! Whadaya' do about a pocket door then? Wait a minute.... No hinges on those.... I'm confused..... Sam
*You crack eggs? I break mine
*Sam -- hanging a pocket door has to do with whether the door knob is upside-down or not.Later. LJ
*Gee, I'm starting to see which way you folks swing.
*5 minute eggs should be guillotined with a butterknife...leaving the semi-soft yolk entact..
*What can I say...small minds spell small.Rich Beckman
*The egg, of course, is very specific when it comes to soft-boiled: the pressure relief hole goes in the thick end and the shell is "uncapped" at the thin end.
*Its mute, you idiot!
*it's idjit, you mote!;>)
*I knew of a guy who put the hinges in so the pin was upside down and the small recess at the top. Thought it was an oil reservoir.Really.
*Well, Oil be darned!
*It's a little known fact that in Australia, all the doors swing the opposite of in the civilised world. In fact, they don't really open at all; has to do with the gravitational (tidal) pull of the bathwater.
*Isn't that something called "Cadioli Force"?? Where the room spins around giving the impression that the doors are opening?
*Doors are hung for capital crimes, lethal injection for jammed pocket doors. Knob location is a matter of stile. However some peoples style is for knobs to be installed at the butt. Butt of the joke is not to butter the yolk. Eggs have an air pocket at the butt end and pocket doors have no butt end.Is everybody clear?
*yeah, sure,... make light of the whole thing !in the meantime some damn hinges are getting installed with 3 knuckles on the wrong component.... or upside down even... and you shud all bear some of the awesome responsibility...if u can't come up with a good reason for 3 on the jamb.. or two on the door.. at least make something up...
*With 3 knuckles on the jamb it would be a better target
*I'll have mine with two knuckles of jam and three of peanut butter on whole wheatnawOn second thought, I'll have a three minute egg
*When a chicken lays an egg. Which end comes out first? The big end or the little end?
*At the risk of becoming serious all of a sudden, I'll answer that. The shell is not hard when it is being laid. Like toothpaste coming out of the tube, A big dhollop comes first and it trails off at the end. So with an egg, the narrow end is last. Any more visible description and I'll have to get silly again.
*NOW this thread is becoming illuminating.
*> make light of the whole thing !Only if it is hollow core!Rich Beckman
*But why would anyone want to jamb their knuckles in a door? Wouldn't that hurt?? Must be kinda careless people, though, Only 3 knuckles on one hand, and two on the other? Be careful with those saws......
*I'm pretty soft when I pass through a door. That must explain the streamlined appearance...
*Naw, but it does explain the pointy head, and the big butt,
*I'm still not sure which way the knuckle-heads go ...
*This is serious, guys... people have died because they hung their door the wrong way - got snowed in, the door couldn't open as it was hung to open out... I'm pretty sure this has happened. I think I read it in "Little House On The Prairie". Moral of the story... make sure the door is well-hung.
*If it is that well-hung though, does it hang to the left or to the right?
*It depends on whether more knuckles are on the left side or the right side.
*pif, that is hilarious! thanx for the laff (#24)
*As well as being well hung, it is also very important that a door gets a good Knob-Job.mr.tAndy, just goes to show that if any post goes on for too long we end up in the gutter!
*Well now that this snow job has slipped so low, I am closing the door on hanging around here anymore. But as i go, I remind you that some hinges are made to let the door swing both ways, so as you are all leafing, don't let the door hit you in the butt on the way out. An don't forget to shut the lights out......
*I wonder where Steve went to?
*Steve's decided to be a plumber.For a door to be well hung left or right depends on if it wears briefs or boxers.Ed.
*He certainly left us hanging ...........
*interesting thread here, imagine hanging "dutch doors"
*Bill - I know for a fact that in Amsterdam they hang them the same way as they do here.Jeff
*Well thank you gentleman for nothing, i hope you all enjoyed your selves.I have learned alot about human nature, and why i run into so many bad jobs out there, the reason is simple, most people out theredont know what they are doing, There seems to be a collection of them here.The best way is still the book i guess dont ask a "Pro".
*So Steve, what is your question?, and don't get sore, if you check out this site and the archives, there are questions and answers with seriousness and some tongue-n-cheek. Life is too short to be angry.
*I'll tell you what makes me angry...the fact that budgets are so tight around here that you have to steel doors before you can hang them...dragging my knuckles. LJ
*Steve buddy, you forgot to ask a question.
*Steve,Seriously, you do realize that your post of 09:33am Oct 20, 2001 EST has what passes for real answers? This post caused by your finger stutter at 09:27am Oct 20, 2001 EST is where we're goofin.
*ROLFOL Brought tears to my eyes and I thought maybe I could learn something about hanging doors. Nobody can say you guys aren't creative! Then ole Steve comes back 5 days later all huffy not noticing he never asked a question at all. Too funny.For the record, I've asked serious questions here and have gotten great answers and the reasons why too. But I was expecting something like this in the Tavern.Mary (still laughing)
*Mary - personally, I am totally ashamed of myself and can only note that after recent events I have come a little bit unhinged - I should be hanged.
*Steve,Got an attitude?So go "hang" yourself.Left or right. I don't care.Next time you ask a question, don't ask twice.Personally, I found your first question about the hinge placement to be rather strange. I answered it anyway. If you'd stop to think about it, you'd come to your own conclusion that it doesn't make any difference which leaf is on the door or the jamb. What happens is when you put the two leaves together they make one hinge. There is not now, nor ever will be, evidence that one should be on the door and the other on the jamb. They work as a unit. The two leaves are not used by themselves, but as one piece together. I would say that to suggest that is makes a difference in mechanicaly unfounded. If one is weaker than the other then it wouldn't matter if you put whichever one on the door or the jamb now would it? You'd end up with a weak link on one or the other wouldn't you.It's a dumb question Steveo. Calling us amateurs doesn't make it any smarter.It's like asking which is more deadly? The bullet or the casing?Answer: By themselves each is just a piece of harmless metal. Together they can become deadly.Ed.
*FWIWThis post with no question from Steve has a time stamp of 9:27a.m Oct 20 If you click on Steve's name at this post's title it will show a list of Steve's current posts.The second post down shows a post also titled "Door hanging mystery" with a different inital time stampof 2:36 a.m. Oct 21, it has a question about hanging doors. After opening that tread entitled "Door hanging mystery" a third timestamp of 9:33 a.m Oct 20 is shown
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