Journal 9/27/2015 reverse engineering

 

 

The important parts of the sliding hinge are its points of articulation.

I used a PDF image to trace over a stock image of a hinge then I reference the drawing into autoCAD and made some measurements  to base a prototype off of.

Sliding Hinge PDF

I found it difficult to map the arcs of multiple axises as all the joints move relative to one another.

Ang Trapdoor10-02-15-Sliding Hinge

By using circles and arcs I as able to map where joints would be and should move.