Thread: Craft box lid hinge

Onto my second box project.

I am going to be making my girlfriend a craft box. It is going to be modeled on a woodworkers tool box. It is going to have lift out sliding totes with retractible handles so that the totes are stored flat. They will be sliding on rials that get successively closer together as you go down. The top totes will be 400mm long and the bottom ones will be 310mm long. The rails will be planks on the front side and the back side of the chest. Each set of rails will be nested in the wider ones. I plan on there being 3 totes across being 200mm wide leaving a 200mm space for sliding the tote/trays across. The bottom layer will have 4 totes. The chest will be about 1000mm long. It is going to be about 460mm high. I plan on 4 levels of trays. 3 120mm high and one 90 mmhigh. I may make the fourth tote for each level in case she is willing to remove a few totes just to get at the others in the chest and perhaps as spares if she does not.

I am looking for some advise on lid hinge construction. I want it sturdy, simple and clean. If anyone knows any good resources for researching hinges for chest lids please send me some links.