Making Glass Cupboard Doors

A pattern bit has a top mounted bearing.

Making glass cupboard doors.

Choose which door to make. Lower the router bit and cut away the shoulders on the back side of an arched upper rail to create a square recess for the glass cabinet doors. You can make the same joinery in your shop with a router table and a matched set of router bits. First measure the total width of two stiles placed side by side.

The vertical pieces should go the full length of the opening and the horizontal pieces will sit inside. Who knows what the difference is. Over the years i have found that people will start their kitchen design journey with a more adventurous spirit than where they end up. Then add 1 2 in the length of two tenons see figure a in project pdf s below.

After working through design details and layout there seems to be this process at the very end. Clamp router guides to the back side of the door. Cabinet doors can make or break the look of your kitchen or bathroom cabinets and the longevity of the cabinets. Figuring the length of the rails is more complicated.

Take the height of the door you want and add 1 8 in. For glass you will need a silicone for glass as the one i purchased specified plastic. 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 a stub tenon to lock the rails and stiles together. Measure to determine the exterior dimensions of the cabinet doors.

The glass guru offers a wide variety of frosted patterned obscure and textured glass products to give your glass cabinet doors the perfect blend of style functionality durability and affordability. Drop the glass plexi in place on top. Add a bead of silicone along the inside edge on the front side of the cabinet door. Subtract this number from the width of the door you want.

One of these ways you can add a little seasoning to your kitchen design is with creative glass cabinet doors. Make sure to allow space for the hinges and some room between the doors if they are stacked on top of each other. The secret lies in the workmanship and quality of materials used to make cabinet doors. How to make the diy glass cabinet doors.

Most production made cabinet doors are assembled with cope and stick joinery.