You can make the same joinery in your shop with a router table and a matched set of router bits a sticking bit forms a decorative profile around the inside edges of the frame and a coping bit creates a mirror image profile on the ends of the rails plus.
How to build a door with glass panels.
Most production made cabinet doors are assembled with cope and stick joinery.
You can add to the height if you want but don t have to.
Form and function all wrapped up together.
The glass front doors will keep out the dust plus the glass retains that open look and makes the shelves look like a pretty display case.
If your door opening is trimmed include the trim in your measurement.
You can make beautiful flush corners with a dado head cutter on your table saw.
The first step in building any door is to determine the size and design.
Rout sturdy door joinery and glass retainers in one operation.
Now that you ve got the technique down for creating half lap joinery try your hand at using half lap joints to create the frame for a glass panel door or mirror.
The design take a traditional 5 panel door and replaces the top three panels with a single glass panel.
I don t give exact measurements for the cutting of the wood in this project because the size of the doors will depend on the size of the shelf or cabinet you re.
Now add 2 to the width of your door.
Now you have the size you need your door to be.
Frosted glass spray paint for glass panels.
The opening dictated the size and thickness and my desire for a window influenced my design.
Make a jig for a half lap joint.
Measure your door opening.
The first step in making a door is taking measurements.