Ikea ÄPPLARÖ Hinge

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3D printed hinge for ikea chest ÄPPLARÖ (video: https://youtu.be/k2hZo-OG-5o) The hinge is completly 3D printed with no further material required. I am using it since a month and it still works as it should. I bought the garden chest ÄPPLARÖ from Ikea (https://www.ikea.com/de/de/p/aepplaroe-banktruhe-draussen-braun-las-braun-70204923/).The chest comes without a hinge which I assume is due to the low price. Though I am generally happy with the chest the fact that it has no hinge annoyed me. My first idea was to use an already available hinge from thingiverse and just mount it to the outside of the chest. But I did not want to change the outer appearance of the chest so I designed a hinge that can be mounted to the inside of the chest. Generally: The hinge will work for every chest that has to overcome an approx.19mm back (c.f. picture) All the parts are available as *.stl-files. Take care during the assembly and connect the rods excactly as you see it on the pictures. If rods are rotated the hinge will not work (especially the middle rod with the 3 holes is crucial). For a left and right hinge justmirror the parts with the connector plates. I also added the fusion360 file for the pictured hinge and a fusion360 file of a slightly bigger hinge.