A future project will involve some hinges in a fairly complex set of assemblies, so wanted to be able to make use of them in OpenSCAD, but apparently, they’re not a sort of hardware which anyone has ever used.
Basic parameters/terminology:
leaf — one half of the hinge body
pin — the rod which the leaves of the hinge pivot on
hinge width — the width of the fully open hinge
hinge length — the length of the hinge along the axis of opening/closing
knuckle (length) — a part of one leaf which wraps around the pin
pitch length — the length of a pair of knuckles
end play — the distance between each knuckle
swaging — whether or no a leaf is bent so as to alter its position relative to the pin
Yeah, we’ll need to address hole size and pattern and countersinking as well, but that should be obvious when we get to it, and might leave it to be done manually.
