Dowel-Mount Full Overlay Hinge for Production Face-Frame and Frameless Cabinets

This Grass Tiomos concealed hinge brings full overlay geometry and a self-close spring to doors on both face-frame and frameless cabinets, mounted through pre-bored dowel holes for fast, repeatable CNC installation.

Key Features

• Self-close spring pulls the door shut over the last few degrees without a separate catch.
• Full overlay straight arm positions the door to cover nearly the entire cabinet side, leaving a narrow reveal.
• Dowel mount presses the cup into pre-bored dowel holes, eliminating cup screws for faster CNC-driven installs.
• 42mm bore pattern follows the Grass Tiomos boring standard, not the common 45mm pattern.
• Three-way adjustment provides up to 3mm of height, side, and depth movement after the door is hung.
• Fits doors up to 24mm thick, covering standard and slightly thicker door stock in a single hinge.

Where Dowel Mounting Earns Its Place

Dowel mounting is a CNC shop's answer to high-volume door hanging. Instead of driving cup screws into each door, the hinge's pre-attached dowels press directly into bored dowel holes, seating the cup in one motion. That means fewer steps per door across a full run of frameless boxes or face-frame cabinets. This hinge works on both cabinet types, so a mixed project does not require a separate SKU for each build style. The 35mm cup bores into the back of the door, and the arm snaps to a Grass Tiomos base plate mounted on the cabinet, sold separately.

Tiomos Build and Nickel Finish

The hinge is plated steel in a nickel finish. Tiomos is Grass's premium concealed platform, and the construction reflects it: the snap-on arm engages the base plate with an audible click and releases with a lever, so doors come on and off without tools. The three-way adjustment holds its value across the life of the cabinet, letting installers correct height, side shift, or depth creep with a cam turn rather than pulling the hinge.

The Right Fit for This Hinge

This hinge suits production shops running CNC equipment with dowel boring capability, where the per-door time savings across a cabinet run is real. It is equally at home on a frameless run or a face-frame job, and the 24mm maximum door thickness gives some room for thicker door stock without stepping up to a dedicated thick-door hinge. For a project that needs a cushioned, damped close rather than a spring pull, the soft-close version of the Tiomos line is the one to specify.

Common Questions

Fast Installation, Clean Result Across Every Door

When the job calls for full overlay doors that hang fast, close on their own, and stay square after adjustment, this Tiomos dowel-mount hinge keeps production moving on frameless and face-frame work alike.