Nickel Soft-Close Inset Hinge With Dowel Mounting for Flush Cabinet Doors

This Blum CLIP top BLUMOTION hinge is built for inset doors on frameless and face-frame cabinets, delivering integrated soft-close and a 95 degree swing in a nickel-finish steel hinge that mounts with pre-attached dowels.

Key Features

• BLUMOTION soft-close damps the door through the final degrees of closing so it settles quietly against the frame.
• Inset geometry with full crank arm positions flush doors precisely inside the cabinet opening.
• 95 degree opening provides the controlled swing an inset door needs to clear its tight reveal.
• Dowel mount presses the cup into pre-bored 8mm dowel holes in the door for a screw-free door-side connection.
• Three-way adjustment lets you dial height, side, and depth to maintain an even reveal on every edge.
• Nickel finish on steel holds up to daily use inside the cabinet without visible wear.

Precision Fit for Flush Inset Doors

An inset door lives or dies by its reveal. When the door sits inside the cabinet opening with a small, even gap on all four sides, every millimeter of alignment is visible. The inset geometry and full crank arm on this hinge are engineered for exactly that condition, holding the door in position so the reveal stays consistent across the run. The 35mm cup bores into the back of the door and seats in 8mm dowel holes via the pre-attached dowels, so there are no cup screws on the door side. The arm then clips to a Blum base plate mounted on the cabinet, sold separately. That plate is what connects this hinge to the cabinet side or stile, and it must be a Blum plate matched to your cabinet construction and desired reveal.

The 95 degree opening is the right angle for inset work. A wider swing would pull a tightly fitted door into the cabinet edge as it opens; 95 degrees gives the door enough travel for comfortable access while keeping it clear of its own frame.

Nickel Finish and BLUMOTION Built In

The hinge body is steel with a nickel finish that coordinates easily with brushed pulls, knobs, and other cabinet hardware in the same tone. BLUMOTION soft-close is integrated into the hinge rather than added on, so there is no separate damper to source or install. The damper slows the door over the last arc of travel, which is where slamming does the most damage on a close-fitted inset door. Three-way adjustment, covering height, side, and depth, is what keeps that close-fitted look intact as the cabinet settles over time.

Who Reaches for This Hinge

Cabinet shops building flush-face frameless boxes and face-frame cabinets with inset doors will find the dowel mount efficient in a CNC workflow, where dowel holes are bored alongside the cup in a single setup. Installers who want to bring multiple inset doors to a matching reveal benefit from the three-way adjustment without switching tools. Designers specifying a quiet, precise close on furniture-grade pieces or high-end kitchen casework can call out this hinge knowing the soft-close is built in. For doors in the standard 16 to 22mm thickness range, this is the inset configuration to specify. Doors thicker than 22mm need a thick-door hinge with a different cup geometry.

Common Questions

An Even Reveal, Closed Quietly, Every Time

Specify this hinge when flush inset doors need to close softly and sit square, with a dowel-mount installation that keeps the door-side work clean and fast.