Paint clearance is the gap between the hinge leaf and the other rolled knuckle of the opposite leaf.  It is commonly called this due to it being the space that is required in order to paint the hinge and not have the leaf scrape the paint off the knuckle.  Another main use for this is the travel or rotation of the leaf around the pin.  the larger the paint clearance, the further a hinge could open past the normal approximately 270 degrees.  If this is a requirement for you, just check with a member of the Guden Customer Service Department and submit your requirements for a custom run and we can check to make sure it is attainable.

Over time, gas springs will always leak a little bit of their pressure no matter how tight the sealing is.  This fact makes gas springs slowly lose their energy and push.  With this in mind, choosing the right Guden gas spring to insure a long lasting working life in the application can sometimes be tricky, but if you follow a few simple guidelines you may be able to stretch the life span a little more. 1-Pick the longest size gas spring that you can to fit into the application.  Just the simple fact of more gas to leak over time will stretch the life longer.  2-Use as little of the full stroke available.  When the gas spring is fully compressed, the pressure within the spring is much higher forcing gas to leak at a higher rate.  3- Know the temperature range that the gas spring application will be working in.  The higher the temperature, the higher the rate of leakage.   Hope this helps you get the longest lasting spring you can into your application so you can have fewer replacements, but when you do need that new spring, give us a call, we’ll be happy to supply it.

Don’t let a tricky mounting situation knock you for a loop. Guden can customize the hinge leaves to bend around just about any frame, door, or mounting surface.  One bend, two, or even more, just let us take a look at your sample or print for a quick quotation.  A bend or bends can also be done on both leaves. Most bends are done at a 90 degree angle, but Guden can also supply them in an angle that fits your application. The material thickness and width of the leaf do have some constraints on what bends can be done and they also dictate how close to the barrel a bend can occur. Just send in your print and a Guden Customer Service Representative will be glad to guide you to a cost effective solution that meets your mounting requirements.

One more day.  April 17th is now almost upon us.  So for those of you who have yet to get your tax paperwork together for the filing deadline tomorrow, well you don’t have much more time to go and I suggest you start soon.  If you’re getting a refund maybe you should file earlier, but I tend to think if you owe them money, then you shouldn’t send it to them any earlier than you have to anyways.  Speaking of time deadlines, you don’t have to worry with Guden.  Maybe you’re one of those buyers who’s just being pulled in all directions and you can’t get a minute to order anything.  Or maybe you’ve just put it off to do later in your day. No matter what the reason,  you can still call Guden up to 4:30PM EST to get a stock order shipped UPS that same day. We’ve made arrangements with UPS for a late pickup for those last minute orders. And to allow as much extra time as possible for our Central, Mountain and Pacific time zone customers.  We will always do our best to ship a truck shipment same day, or in later day cases the truck may not be able to return to our dock and it may ship the following business day.  We try to do what it takes to fit into your busy schedule.  When’s the last time the government did that?

A popular method of retaining a hinge pin is called Staking or having a Staked Pin.  It’s a fairly efficient, speedy, and cost effective way of holding the pin in the hinge.  It can also be done multiple times on a hinge for even more security, especially on longer lengths of hinge.  The process of staking involves a sharp pin type tool that comes down and pricks into the knuckle, pushing the material into the pin to trap it inside the barrel.  It shows from the outside as a little hole.  Imagine stretching out a sheet of plastic wrap.  Taking a finger, push into the plastic wrap but do not poke all the way through.  This is the same principle that staking does to the metal material wrapped around the pin. Staking can be performed on hinges that have already been manufactured, or it can also be achieved while the hinges are being made as well.  Your Guden Customer Service Representative can let you know which is the most cost effective way for what you require.

The makers of this door were kind enough to title the picture for me saving a little photo shop time, “Pull”  or to be more accurate,  “Flush Pull”.   These unique Guden handles are perfect for drawers or sliding doors where an extending handle isn’t wanted. The  pull is fitted into a square hole in the panel and can be either spot welded or glued.  Our flush pulls can also be supplied with welded studs so you can attach them to your drawer or door with hardware instead of welding.  The center inner handle portion for each of our handle series is slightly different, either indented from one side for a single  pull lip, or with a lip on both sides.  And to illustrate this, the handle above has one lip on the right side of the picture.  You can check out our full line of Guden flush pulls on our website for full part numbers, dimensions, drawings and pricing. http://www.guden.com/ItemDisplay/flp?flynode=fly_108

It was nice to dream for just a little bit there…..  but back to work on Monday, or I guess there’s always a chance at Powerball tonite. LOL  I do think its quite a nice idea they thought of.  If they decided to raise everyone’s taxes $10.oo a few times a year to help pay for things in the state there would be an uproar,  but attach the idea to the infinitesimal chances of winning a prize,  well people lined up to give states their money.  I’ll keep on working, posting hardware knowledge, and hopefully entertaining you here, all the while deciding what to spend my big $9.00 winnings on.  Correction, my portion of the winnings is only $4.50.  So on the bright side, at least I didn’t end up with $0.00!

Knuckle: This term is used for the segments in the center of the hinge wrapped around the pin.  They may also be called Joints or Curls.  The hinge is created by these alternating portions that wrap around and each leaf to the pin and rotate around it. The size or length of the knuckles is measured parallel to the pin and the more standard lengths are .50″, .625″, 1.00″, 2.00″ with the more uncommon lengths being .75″ and 1.50″. We sometimes have the ability to provide different knuckle lengths depending on the overall size of the hinge. The dimension of the knuckle across the pin is the barrel diameter, not to be confused with the knuckle length.

The hinge theorem in geometry states that if two sides of one triangle are congruent to two sides of another triangle, and the included angle of the first is larger than the included angle of the second, then the third side of the first triangle is longer than the third side of the second triangle.  And as mentioned, the converse is also true.   I’m sure this makes sense somewhere!  Just in case you were needing to know this, I know I was a little curious when someone mentioned it.  Though it doesn’t relate to Guden Hinges at all, I’m usually interested in knowing how something termed “hinge” might work!

Our 7792 heavy duty lid support line comes with a positive lock to insure that the support only releases when you want to release it by pressing the unlock button in the center of the support.  One end is offset for side mounting with a 90 degree footpiece on the opposite end for convenient surface mounting.  We supply this in a left hand and a right hand version, and for easy identification, the LH or RH is stamped right on the part.  Shipped to you individually boxed, and with mounting screws and instructions, this item is sure to meet your heavy duty support needs.   Be sure to check out all our light, medium and heavy duty lid supports here on our webpage http://www.guden.com/ItemDisplay/lid