Nickel Finish and CNC-Ready Dowel Mounting for Inset Doors

This Blum CLIP top hinge brings BLUMOTION soft-close to inset doors on both face-frame and frameless cabinets, with a dowel mount designed for CNC and production environments that bore rather than screw.

Key Features

• BLUMOTION soft-close damps the door over the last few degrees so it settles quietly without impact.
• Inset geometry with full crank arm positions a flush door inside the cabinet opening with an even reveal on all sides.
• Dowel mount presses pre-bored dowel holes in the door into the cup without cup screws, suited to CNC cabinet lines.
• 110 degree opening provides standard everyday swing on an inset door.
• Three-way adjustment dials height, side, and depth after the door is hung, keeping the reveal even as cabinets settle.
• Nickel finish on steel blends with the hardware palette on either frameless or face-frame casework.

Hanging Flush Inset Doors at Production Speed

An inset door sits inside the cabinet opening rather than over it, and that flush look depends on the hinge placing the door precisely within the frame. This hinge carries the inset cranking geometry that positions the door squarely inside the opening with a consistent reveal on every edge. The 35mm cup bores into the back of the door, and the arm clips to a Blum base plate mounted to the cabinet, sold separately. The dowel mount eliminates cup screws entirely: the bored dowel holes in the door accept the pre-attached dowels, and the cup presses in. For shops running CNC equipment, that means one fewer hand step per door in the boring-and-assembly sequence. Pair it with the matching Blum plate for your cabinet construction, whether frameless side panel or face-frame stile.

Steel, Nickel, and a Quiet Close That Protects the Fit

The hinge is plated steel in a nickel finish, a neutral tone that works alongside chrome, brushed nickel, and most satin hardware families without drawing attention to the concealed hardware. Inset work is where BLUMOTION earns its keep most visibly: the tight gap between an inset door and its opening means a slammed close works against the fit over time. The soft-close damper absorbs that energy on every cycle, so the flush reveal stays flush.

Who Reaches for This Hinge

Cabinet shops running production lines with CNC borers will find the dowel mount fits naturally into a bore-and-press workflow. Custom builders and finish carpenters hanging inset doors on face-frame boxes get the same precise geometry with three-way cam adjustment to dial the reveal after the cabinet is set. It suits frameless and face-frame construction equally, so a mixed project does not need two different hinge specs. For doors in the standard 16 to 22mm thickness range, this is the right hinge. Doors thicker than 22mm need a thick-door hinge instead.

Common Questions

Inset Doors That Close Quietly and Stay Square

Specify this hinge when the project calls for flush inset doors, a production-friendly dowel mount, and a soft close that protects the fit over the long run.