This was a great little project that I've been meaning to get to for a long time. I should've mentioned in the video that if you don't have access to a milling machine with a slitting saw I'd just manage with an angle grinder. I'd clamp a guide to keep the cut square. A diamond cut off wheel should be about 1.5mm and would be a good option. Have a great Christmas and I'll see you in the New Year. :)

Definitely more scrap wood challenges. It's how I found you on KZfaq and ever since can't wait for your next video!

You sure come up with some neat projects. I like this one especially. Easy to make with very minimal tools. I've got lots of scrap in the bin that would work for hinges next time I need them.

Schlinder's List Movie showed a fellow making hinges. Now I understand what he was doing. Thank you.

This bloke is a proper craftsman, with a well thought out video and anyone should be able to follow his clear and concise explanation. Compare and contrast to some of the "Look at me, I'm an expert" who often tell you to do things that really aren't wise and are often dangerous. KZfaq is a great resource but you can often have to go through 50 well meaning idiots to find one good channel like this.

I loved the scrap wood challenges, can’t wait to see what you have in mind

Yes please more scrapwood challenges !

Over the years I've made a lot of hinges for scale models, usually from tinplate or brass. They are very small, and I've never thought to make a jig, but this project is so adaptable I think I'll take a day to make a very small jigs so that I can crank out whatever number of hinges I might need. I'll probably use a lot of hinges when I make 1/6 scale crates, suitcases, and presentation boxes. Have a safe and happy New Year.

I like the fact that you talk while doing the job. It covers all those little details. Thanks

That's so cool! Never thought of making my own hinges...

I’ve never thought of making my own hinges! Now I can, if I choose. Yes on the scrap wood challenges. Whatever you make will be beautiful as usual. Thanks for the inspiration.

really loved the video, really enjoyed the whole process, and the simplicity of the thing, and how you showed 3 different ways, which was remarkable. ty.

Great job! There are a lot of custom jobs that require special hinges. Not available from suppliers. Swing clear hinges, drop leaf, wide throw.... Materials are also an option, brass, copper, aluminum... Thank you for showing there is a solution. 😊

Yes please, more scrapwood challenges. Love the idea of having hinges when ever you need them without a trip to the hardware store.

Merry Christmas to you and your family, Neil! You never cease to be an inspiration - these hinges are amazing!

I miss the scrap wood projects! So glad you're bringing them back! Your daily projects last Christmastime are what got me hooked on this channel.

Amazing! How you show each and every step, starting from the basics (which requires a lot of work, but helps you understand), to the more complete (but simpler and more practical) solution, pointing out how to achieve similar results with more or less effort using different tools. Very artistic, and not so easy, but simple enough! Thanks!

This is a great project! You're constantly making things that I previously considered too hard to make in a home shop. It is really inspiring. To answer your question: yes, I'd love to see more scrap wood challenge videos. They're always some of my favorite videos you make!

I remember my dad making hinges when I was a kid, thanks for those long lost memories… and YES for more ScrapWood Challenge videos!!! 🎄 Happy Christmas to you and your whole family

I love your "whatever gets the job done" focus. As a musical instrument maker who has been forced to make many of his own tools, you are a man after my own heart. Lunch is on me if you're ever in town. Cheers from cool Vienna, Scott

That came out 100 times better then I expected! Didn't realize this was achievable with some basic tools.

The best videos are the ones you're interested in making but honestly I would love more scrapwood challenge. That would make an excellent start to 2022 for me ☺️

ive never actually thought about doing a project like this, most of my builds generally use salvage as the main material, and there are always some salvaged hinges laying around.

Of all your projects, I have to say this is my favourite. It’s a work of art. Simply amazing. Thanks for posting such a wonderful video.

It has never crossed my mind to make my own hinges. I'm now looking for a couple of blocks of steel to my make a couple of different sized jigs. And "yes" to more scrap wood videos. I've lost count of how many times that I have gone back and re-watched some of those. Thank you very much for your efforts!

I love this one Neil. Merry Christmas!

Neil, you always come up with something amazing, inspiring and well worth watching! Please keep the Scrapwood Challenge alive, it's the series that got me acquainted to your channel and by far the most creative woodworking series I've found on the Internet! I'd love to see you come up with some ingenious games or even furniture for children ages ~4 and up. This is what I'd like to focus on for a while (regarding the hobby, so that's besides my day job, wife and ~3 and up kids) and all I have so far is a pretty sturdy chair that I've built and would like to refine and produce in series more easily, all the tools I need, and a few ideas I picked up from left and right from your colleagues on youtube, but I'm sure you could come up with something quite unique that might inspire a lot of us young hobby woodworkers looking to make something for their kids. Thanks for your invaluable contribution to the pool of knowledge that the Internet is, and I wish you and everyone that is watching a happy new year, plentiful of inspiration, creativity and energy for work!

On the last hinge concept use 3 straps. The pins could be held on the hinge by center punch upsetting dimples or just penning on end out of round to make a force fit on one end

Outstanding work, sir! Very well done! Thank you for showing your work. I never thought making hinges could be so relatively easy. It seems the hard part is making the jig.

Love this video, I've been meaning to make some hinges my self so this came out at the perfect time. I'd love for the scrap wood challenge to make a return, you do amazing work.

Great presentation! What I liked about it was how you spent all your time teaching the technique without having to be "on camera". So many people just need to be on camera, talking about things rather than just teaching the "how to". Great tutorial. Thanks.

20 years ago I tried making hinges using a much more complicated system which was a failure. Thanks for showing this easy method.

Your ability to both concieve of and execute interesting and diverse problems never ceases to amaze me. Thank you for all the production effort you go to as well - marvellous stuff and very much appreciated. Regards from one of your Aussie subs - Dave

Cheers Neil, That was a great project to finish the year on. Thanks for helping make the pandemic a bit more bearable with all of your amazing content and a big yes please to more scrapwood challenges for 2022. How about some more kinetic art pieces like the cogs and propeller but with even more complexity. Have great Christmas and here's to a much better 2022 than the last 2 years we've all had.

thanks for sharing Neil. A brilliant and easy method for creating tailor made hinges. Merry Christmas to you and your whole family!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of you ❤ Scrap wood makings are my favorites - and Neal's creativity continues to amaze me.

Hi Neil, My husband and I love watching you. We especially love your Scrap Wood Challenge!! Please do more of those. How you fast forward things and play your music is enjoyable. Your skills and ideas are the best.

I most definitely would like more scrap wood challenges!!!! PLEASE. Honestly it's some of my favorite things you do although I dig everything you work on. Happy New year see ya then

You know, I never really thought about how hinges were made. Hard to believe it's that easy. Thanks! Anyway, again, Merry Christmas to you and your family. Lord bless you in the coming year.

Thanks for showing how to do this without a press and a bandsaw or milling machine. Many of don't have those tools so demonstrating those options with hand tools is a great help

I can make anything in my shop! Except hinges! Until I found this video! Great video. Always looking for new info.

Your scrap wood challenges are always amazing yes keep that going.

Never really thought about making hinges but that is so cool how you made the jig to do it yourself. Merry Christmas Neil!

Most of my hinges were hand made but this definitely gives me ideas on how to make them look a little more professional and improve my efficiency on making them. Thanks much!

I wish I'd seen this a long time ago. I made some hinges completely by hand and it was a huge pain in the ass lol.

Good idea! It sure beats modifying standard hinges to adapt to a non-standard format in an existing cabinet. Wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

It hadn't even occurred to me that I could make my own hinges! And yes, please, more scrapwood challenges. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

Brilliant idea. I couldn’t find brass hinges of the right size and so had to use steel ones for my project. I’ll have a go at making brass ones myself using this tool. Thanks for sharing

One of the most awesome parts is where you started with a saw, then realized angle grinder would be better. I'm semi skilled but not professional. The ability to make changes on the fly are invaluable to me. It's like strictly following a recipe. Sometimes that doesn't work. :-)

That was fascinating! I had no idea how hinges were made. For a scrapwood challenge, how about a wooden kaleidoscope?

Hi Neil, another great wee project. Thanks for keeping me entertained all year! For future Scrapheap Challenges: - You've made several planes. Could you do a plough plane/rebate plane? I plan on having a go at your router plane soon (Paul Seller's router plane looks great too) and a matching style plough plane would be amazing for box making etc. Might be a good mix of metal and wood work. - Don't think this would be super tricky but maybe a game like Connect 4? It being the season for board games (at least in the northern hemisphere)! Maybe something fun with the counters like raw and blackened metal inners with wood outsides? - This is maybe a bit simple, being some sort of box, but how about upcycling/creating a speaker? Maybe a bluetooth speaker as a base, taken out of its casing and put into something a lot cooler? Maybe with kumico? Whatever, you decide, sure it'll be great. Thanks for all your content!

Now that I'm a bit older (mid early 30s) and I own my own home, I love watching stuff like this. Anything I can do myself to save money and make my house a home.

Nice work. It always amazes me how people who are determined can make anything like you did.

Hey Neil, great video. Really nice hinge jig and the results are great. Your dialogue, camera work and editing are spot on and the result is both educational and entertaining. Thanks for all you show us and it would be great to see more scrapwood challenges in the new year. Meanwhile, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours!

That was really interesting and it shows us how easy it can be to make something with simple tools yourself... It also shows us the process how they could have made it back in the days. Thanks for this fantastic video.

Yes, more scrap wood projects would be great! And more metal projects, and more cogs, and more propellers! Seriously, thanks for the great content. Enjoy your holidays!

That’s a really neat design, this would have been really useful last week when a coworker wanted to make some hinges to make a fold up camp stove.

Meanwhile the wife still has no cabinet doors...

Great video, as always. If I might recommend, you can get very nice overlap and a full circle around the pin if you grind a short bevel on the leading edge that'll be going into the bend. This is pretty standard in all the blacksmithing books and videos out there. Not a big necessity on small hinges like that, but it's one of those little details that I think really sets even small hinges apart from the mass-produced stuff.

You never fail to fascinate and impress even a simple jig project turns into something to admire with your dedication patience and great workmanship. Merry Christmas and happy new year

Scrap wood challenges are the best! All of your projects are great, but the scrap challenges are what really drew me to your channel.

Great video as usual. One small suggestion, only drill out the rolls on half the hinge. This will leave the other half tight and that should retain your pin.

Ah yes, I remember this from the acclaimed movie, Schindler's List

Did not think I would be that entertained by watching a video about making hinges. But here we are and I was entertained! Thanks for the great content!

I love your scrapwood challenges and can't wait to see more! Maybe you could even do scrap metal challenges? Thanks for making such great content and happy new year!

Wow. I didn't even know this tool existed. Also, what do you think of using a slightly bigger nail for the forming? Then it wouldn't be necessary to use a drill, just use a smaller nail as the pin. That will save 31 whole seconds

Dude, today I'm discovering something that I never would have imagined: how the hinges are made. And your circular saw for iron makes me dream, I will try to find it but is it possible to cut stainless steel with it? Thanks for sharing and merry Christmas

Fantastic. Thank you for sharing. I can't wait to try this. Never would have imagined one could make these easily. Thank you so much.

I'd love to see a scrap wood challenge where you make a wooden clock with wooden gears. You could also make one of those spinning pieces of wall art that goes on forever and ever.

scrapwood intarsia would be awesome!!

Great work, there are people who actually need no market for stuffs. We can create things from the scratch where the elderly used to do it, but nowadays we are accustomed to ready made things.

Never sat down to think about it but I would have thought hinges needed some huge industrial machine or at the least welding. Damn that's slick

This will come in handy for sure. I'm just amazed at how simple it is to make one. I could never begin to thank you enough for this video, and the words thank you just don't seem to be enough to convey my thoughts on my appreciation for you and this video. Merry Christmas to you and yours and all the best wishes for a Happy New Year.

My best Christmas present is this video.

I've been running from pillar to post to find 1", 1/2" & 1/4" hinges, this video is of great help to make jig to fulfill my requirement.

on the simple hinge, you can afix the pin to the upper part and allow the pin to slip in and out of the lower section, makes door removal easy as open and lift off the hinge

Something I've been curious to make for quite some time. This is often the most expensive part of my box building materials list, so your video is very helpful and appreciated. I'd be definitely interested in scrap wood videos also. Merry Christmas. Thanks for your video.

Yes to more scrapwood challenge vids! I’d love to see you make a basin, maybe a whole vanity - combine the scrapwood challenge with scrapmetal challenge

That jig has given me an idea for another project I have in mind to save me some valuable time... cold rolling some shim material into a tube! Thanks very much for the idea!

First time on your channel, thanks for making something 'on my level'.. I'm looking forward to seeing you old vids, as well as your next ones and making some hinges myself!

By far one of the best, small part jigs I've seen made this year! Thanks! Merry Christmas!

I can't tell you what to make, but I can say that the Scrap wood challenge is my favorite series from you. Always happy to see more.

when using the band saw, you can effectively use the front of the blade as if it were a belt grinder, you can chip away at the little bits to make a mostly straight line instead of just doing the angle cuts, then you only spend a few seconds doing that and a few seconds doing the filing to make it neat rather than a lot of filing to get rid of so much material and then also making it neat

Definitely looking forward to more Scrapwood Challenge videos. I'd like to see you make shop tools/jigs, and how about a folding worktable? Really enjoy your videos. Thanks.

I like that last one. It makes for a removable lid or door

I am definitely going to make one of these candles are so bloody expensive and for the little projects that I need tiny hinges for this is absolutely perfect. This popped up in my feed and you definitely earned my subscription.

Very clever! With the insane cost of simple hardware, it's nice to see a way for someone to make their own custom hinges. I love it! Thanks! :)

Loved this video! Not that I have either of the tools (band saw, press) really necessary, it was just so clear and easy. I can see how someone could get really creative with the design once they've got that form made. Thanks!!

Спасибо за проделанную работу ( по изготовлению петель ) для домашних нужд. Просто и понятно - желаю Вам удачи.

wonderful work Pask. Great narrative as well. This is going to save me a bundle on the cabinet projects I have coming down. Thanks

Great project. So informative as to what is possible if you set your mind to it. I am employed as a modelmaker/prototyper so all the little tricks and techniques from the forgotten past help in finding a way to get it done. Thanks for sharing.

A really great little project this one and super handy as most of us would have a use for custom hinges, hardest part is finding the correct stock that doesn’t cost a arm and a leg to buy, hence why it’s easier to go to Bunnings and simply buy what’s needed for less than 5bucks than searching the county side for steel that costs a small fortune.

You've no idea how valuable seeing this video is to me. While it is not exactly what I needed... it is absolutely the answer!!! I've seen all sorts of ideas but none like this. Man, you ROCK!!! I did "like" & I did "subscribe" THANKS SO MUCH!

Now that was a neat little project for making hinges. Simple yet effective. Well done sir!

I am really happy to see this. I bet there are a lot of these old metal fittings that people used to make before commercial mass production that would make interesting projects. Happy New Year.

It's really cool to know how to do this. I had no idea it was even possible to make your own hinges without some kind of dedicated machine

A simple topic but yet a great and valuable video covering it, such basic knowledge shared to the artisans community worths a lot.

Love your work. I wish I had a fly-press they are great machines. Finding one I can afford, well that's another matter. 55 years ago I used one often as a sheet metal worker. So as a sheety from years ago. You did fine. Well done.

i love the scrap wood challenges! Perhaps some things for the kitchen? Drawer organizers, silverware sorter, knife blocks, paper towel holder or a napkin holder?

You’re a real inspiration! Super simple way of talking and doing. Please continue!!