Grass Nexis Concealed Hinge For Dowel-Mounted Full Overlay Doors

The Grass Nexis self-close hinge is built for full overlay doors on both face-frame and frameless cabinets, mounting to the door with press-in dowels for fast, screw-free cup installation in CNC and production environments.

Key Features

• Dowel mounting presses the cup into pre-bored 8mm dowel holes in the door, eliminating cup screws for a cleaner production workflow.
• Full overlay straight arm positions the door to cover nearly the entire cabinet side with a narrow reveal.
• Self-close spring draws the door shut over the last few degrees of travel.
• 110 degree opening delivers standard everyday swing for residential and commercial cabinet doors.
• Works on face-frame and frameless cabinets when paired with the appropriate Grass Nexis base plate, sold separately.
• 42mm boring pattern is the Grass Nexis standard, important to confirm when replacing or sourcing matching plates.

A Production-Ready Mount for Full Overlay Doors

Dowel-mounted hinges are the choice in CNC-driven shops where doors are bored on a line and every second saved at the bench matters. The cup's pre-attached dowels press into the door's bored dowel holes without screws, so installation at the door is complete as soon as the cup seats. The arm then connects to a Grass Nexis base plate already mounted to the cabinet side or face frame. That plate is a separate purchase, and it must be a Grass Nexis plate: plates are brand and series specific, and a plate from another brand will not connect to this arm.

The 35mm cup bores into the door at 11.5mm depth. Note that the boring pattern for this hinge is 42mm, the Grass Nexis standard, not the 45mm pattern common on other brands. For shops sourcing replacement hinges or matching new hinges to existing plates, that distinction matters before the order goes in.

Steel Construction in a Nickel Finish

The hinge is steel with a nickel finish, the same durable plating found across the Nexis line. The Nexis series positions between high-volume economy hinges and the premium Tiomos platform, giving shops a dependable concealed hinge with consistent fit and straightforward adjustment. Self-close here is a spring mechanism that pulls the door shut on its own once the door swings within the closing range. It is not a soft-close hinge; there is no damper to slow the final arc. For projects where a cushioned, quiet close is required, the soft-close Tiomos is the appropriate step up.

Where This Hinge Belongs

This is the right hinge for cabinet shops and millwork operations running CNC-bored doors where the dowel process is already part of the workflow. It suits multi-unit residential builds, commercial casework, and any run of face-frame or frameless cabinets where reliable self-close performance and fast door-side installation are the priority. For standard doors in the 16 to 22mm range, this hinge works as intended. Doors thicker than 22mm call for a thick-door hinge with deeper cup geometry.

Common Questions

Built for Shops That Move Fast

Specify the Grass Nexis dowel hinge when the workflow is CNC-bored doors, the cabinet is face-frame or frameless, and the job calls for full overlay doors that close reliably on every cycle.