Don Weisman writes:

 

All of us from time to time work on furniture that has missing or

broken parts. Some of these parts are available, some are not. Some

require people like Virgil who can professionally make a custom part.

However, some parts...with a little bit of ingenuity and some simple

tools can be made in your own shop with remarkably good results.
 

Viz this little knife hinge. It was too much trouble to look through

various cataloging to find an exact duplicate, if there was one. Much

easier, and less time consuming to make one. Sure it took some time

- less than an hour.  I think it's darn good. The flat bar is from some

scrap I keep around, and the Pin is a Nail with a small Washer. We

purposely made ours slightly longer to better fit the mortice.

Don Weisman, TX