A method for forming a hinge having a two-shear connection using a manufacturing apparatus, the hinge having a hinge bolt and a U-shaped hinge support with a hinge base, an upper limb and a lower limb, with the upper limb having a bolt bore, and the lower limb having a bolt bore, the hinge bolt engaging the limbs (24, 25) through the bolt bores (26, 27), the hinge bolt having a main cylindrical portion and at one end a bolt head, wherein the bolt head has a greater diameter compared to a diameter (d) of the main cylindrical portion, characterised in that from the bolt head the hinge bolt has a stepped tapering, the cylindrical portion further having a protrusion extending radially with a greater diameter compared to the diameter (d) of the main cylindrical portion, the method comprising: placing the hinge support in the manufacturing apparatus comprising a support base, a workpiece holder, a tool die which includes a tubular die support and a press contour, the support base further including at least one cylindrical guide shaft provided to movably guide the workpiece holder along a second axis; inserting the hinge bolt into the hinge support, guided by the workpiece holder, until the protrusion of the hinge bolt stops the insertion of hinge bolt by contacting edges of the bolt bore in the upper limb of the hinge support; moving a press piston along a first axis so that it contacts the bolt head; moving the press piston further along the first axis such that force exerted by the press piston moves the workpiece holder with the hinge support and the hinge bolt mounted thereon against a force of at least one spring along the second axis so that the lower limb contacts the press contour of the tool die; deforming the upper limb of the hinge support by further moving the press piston along the first axis such that the upper limb is deformed by at least one of the bolt head, the cylindrical portion, the stepped tapering and the protrusion; and simultaneously deforming the lower limb of the hinge support with downwards movement of the press piston such that the press contour of tool die deforms the lower limb, with the bolt bore having an initial diameter greater than the diameter d of the main cylindrical portion of the hinge bolt, and the press contour being tapered towards the lower limb to force deformed material of the lower limb radially inwards so that the deformed material comes into press-fit connection with the main cylindrical portion of the hinge bolt. placing the hinge support in the manufacturing apparatus comprising a support base, a workpiece holder, a tool die which includes a tubular die support and a press contour, the support base further including at least one cylindrical guide shaft provided to movably guide the workpiece holder along a second axis; inserting the hinge bolt into the hinge support, guided by the workpiece holder, until the protrusion of the hinge bolt stops the insertion of hinge bolt by contacting edges of the bolt bore in the upper limb of the hinge support; moving a press piston along a first axis so that it contacts the bolt head; moving the press piston further along the first axis such that force exerted by the press piston moves the workpiece holder with the hinge support and the hinge bolt mounted thereon against a force of at least one spring along the second axis so that the lower limb contacts the press contour of the tool die; deforming the upper limb of the hinge support by further moving the press piston along the first axis such that the upper limb is deformed by at least one of the bolt head, the cylindrical portion, the stepped tapering and the protrusion; and simultaneously deforming the lower limb of the hinge support with downwards movement of the press piston such that the press contour of tool die deforms the lower limb, with the bolt bore having an initial diameter greater than the diameter d of the main cylindrical portion of the hinge bolt, and the press contour being tapered towards the lower limb to force deformed material of the lower limb radially inwards so that the deformed material comes into press-fit connection with the main cylindrical portion of the hinge bolt.