hardwearguy

I got into this business 19 years ago when I entered trade school. Every Monday morning we would discuss what Norm had built on the Sunday afternoon before. Norm was a big part of the inspiration for my life in the wood business and a continuing source of interesting ideas and belief that the practice of woodwork can be accesible to everyone. There was no pretention with Norm (aside from the fact he could afford a shop none of us outside the profession could aspire too) and his primary focus always seemed to be bringing the practice of woodwork back into the hands of the regular guy.
Your show will be missed, Norm.
Here's hoping we will see you with something new and exciting...

Good luck finding a "Wurth Distributor" they only sell to the pro market. You won't see these on the retail market for some time. This product is new to the "pro" market and is by no means "finished". The best you can expect as a retail consumer is a soft close add on, like the grass one above. Many other companies have been doing this for some time. If I were to give an "expert" opinion (and, yes I am an expert as I have been in this field for 10+ years) I would go to a woodwork/cabinet specialty seller and look for the Blum clip on. It is the most readily available (if not necessarily the best) soft close hinge feature available to the end user today.

Austrian over German anyday? Better value? Sorry my friend, you are poorly informed. You obviously have very little knowledge of this industry. Do a little research...

WoW. Beautiful piece. Great job!! We need more of this kind of craftmanship. If only people could learn to appreciate real quality.
Keep up the great work!!!

Go Daddy go. I can't wait until my little guy is ready to run my drill press.
The sooner we get them interested, the longer they will stay interested!
Well done Daddy!!!

You need to get outside the LV show. This tech is years old. Grass is the last too the table, mainly because of their purchase by Wurth.
Spend a little more time on your research and a little less listening to Rep's at trade shows.

Yet again, Blum is following in the footsteps of it's German cousin Hettich. The Blum hinge is not the first to have a soft close mechanism in either a hinge or in the cup. Salice released a soft close hinge with the mechanism in the cup a couple years back but rushed it to market and it was found wanting. In 2008, Hettich released a soft close hinge with the mechanism in the arm (and took the time to work out the bugs and patents) which has been a critical and design success. It is a more logical design as it can be used with all existing cup depths (unlike the in-cup design which requires you to drill deeper, typically up to 15mm vs the usual 12mm which eliminates the ability to use many frame and panel doors)as well as in any thickness of door and in all hinge types (110', 170' blind corner, lazy susan, wall corner and aluminum frame with glass panel). Check out the real pioneer in European hardware, Hettich.