Dowel-Mount Concealed Hinge for Full Overlay Doors

The Grass Nexis is a self-close concealed hinge built for full overlay doors on both face-frame and frameless cabinets, with press-in dowel mounting that speeds up CNC and production installs.

Key Features

• Dowel mount presses directly into pre-bored dowel holes in the door, skipping cup screws for faster production cycling.
• Self-close spring pulls the door shut over the last few degrees of travel.
• Full overlay straight arm positions the door to cover nearly the entire cabinet side, leaving a narrow reveal.
• 110 degree opening delivers the standard everyday swing for cabinet access.
• Works on face-frame and frameless cabinets when paired with the appropriate Grass Nexis base plate.
• 35mm cup, 45mm bore pattern fits standard door boring setups on production lines.

Where Dowel Mounting Makes the Difference

Most concealed hinges fasten their cup to the door with two screws. This Nexis hinge uses pre-attached dowels that press straight into bored dowel holes instead, which removes a step from each door in a CNC or line-bore production run. The 35mm cup seats in a standard 13mm-deep bore, the arm connects to a Grass Nexis base plate on the cabinet, and the self-close spring handles the door close. The base plate is a separate purchase matched to your cabinet construction — frameless wing plate or face-frame adapter, both within the Grass Nexis family. Plates from other brands will not connect to this hinge.

Steel Build in a Nickel Finish

The hinge is steel with a nickel finish. The Nexis line is Grass's value-oriented concealed system, built for volume work where the hinge needs to perform consistently across dozens or hundreds of doors rather than be a feature of the visible design. The nickel finish suits standard interior cabinetry. Because this is a self-close hinge, the spring pulls the door shut but does not cushion the close — it is not a soft-close hinge. If a damped, quiet close is needed on the same job, the Grass Tiomos line with integrated soft-close is the appropriate step up.

The Right Fit for Production Shops

This hinge is built for cabinet shops and CNC environments where dowel-bore door prep is already part of the workflow. If your production line bores dowel holes as a standard step, this hinge slots straight in without adding a screwdriving station. It suits full overlay doors from 16 to 22mm thick on frameless boxes and face-frame cabinets alike. For doors thicker than 22mm, a thick-door hinge is the correct choice. Homeowners replacing a single hinge should confirm their existing door has the matching dowel bore before ordering.

Common Questions

Production-Ready, Door After Door

Specify the Grass Nexis dowel-mount hinge when your shop bores dowel holes as standard and you need a dependable full overlay self-close hinge that keeps the line moving.