# Recommendations for Living Hinges

**URL:** <https://community.inventables.com/t/recommendations-for-living-hinges/44518>\
**Category:** Projects\
**Created:** [October 27, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/recommendations-for-living-hinges/44518 "2017-10-27T21:19:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![mstych](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/mstych/32/73387_2.png) [@mstych](https://community.inventables.com/u/mstych)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/recommendations-for-living-hinges/44518/1 "2017-10-27T21:19:30Z")

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Dylan and Molly at Woodbrew made a [living hinge lounge chair with their X-Carve](https://www.inventables.com/projects/diy-modern-curved-plywood-lounger-chair):

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Q6ZrXm_byK4/maxresdefault.jpg "DIY Modern Curved Plywood Lounger Chair") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6ZrXm_byK4)

At the end of the video, they’re asking for recommendations for how they could improve the design. Has anyone else made large-scale living hinge pieces like this? I’m sure they’d love some insights if you wanted to share in the comments of their video!

…But also, I just really want to know because I want to make one of these chairs 💁‍♀️ 😜

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**Author:** ![WorkinWoods](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/workinwoods/32/44400_2.png) [@WorkinWoods](https://community.inventables.com/u/WorkinWoods)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/recommendations-for-living-hinges/44518/2 "2017-10-27T22:22:09Z")

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So I have messed around with living hinge stuff in the past and a true living hinge is hard to make on a cnc router because you are cutting very thin grooves but they are perfect for cnc lasers

now that being said you can create a living hinge on a cnc routers pretty easily by gluing 2 boards together with something like leather in the middle and use a v-bit to cut through the wood but not the leather on both sides

something sorta like this

![image](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/images/transparent.png)

or you can do the kerfing wood bending method shown here  
 ![image](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/images/transparent.png)

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**Author:** ![MidnightMaker](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/midnightmaker/32/85297_2.png) [@MidnightMaker](https://community.inventables.com/u/MidnightMaker)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/recommendations-for-living-hinges/44518/3 "2017-10-27T23:13:39Z")

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