Building Glass Cabinet Doors

Select the door style to the right and choose your wood type.

Building glass cabinet doors.

Finally screw the hinges and handle onto the door and install it to the cabinet. Most production made cabinet doors are assembled with cope and stick joinery. 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. Upon request they can be made a different size if needed.

The butt joints for the frame can be made in 4 different methods. An elegant addition to any room these doors come precut for glass panels. Glass cabinet doors simply replace the center wood panel with your glass choice. 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.

To even up the ends of the door cut 1 16 in. Painted doors a beautiful prepainted grey or white cabinet door will be delivered to your doorstep. How to build kitchen cabinet doors extremely fast and simple amazing woodworking skills thanks for watching subscribe share. Virtually all cabinet door styles we offer can be made in a glass cabinet door option.

Take a look at our faq for more information on doors drawers hardware and installation. 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. Rout sturdy door joinery and glass retainers in one operation. The frame is made using butt joints it is not common to produce doorframes using 45 degree angles in the manner of a picture frame.

Any door over 48 in height will have a center. Once you ve cut the door out soften its sides with a router to get rid of any rough edges. From each end using the table saw. Doors cut for glass commonly referred to as glass cabinet doors.

The stiles and rails are 2 1 4 wide standard on all doors. Form and function all wrapped up together. Get help with the hinges. After that coat the door with your desired finish to give it a glossy elegant look.

Door rails and stiles are 3 4 thick. Quality cabinet doors are constructed with a 4 piece high quality wood frame which is joined together by either mitering or cope stick joinery. Glass cabinet doors options. The cabinet glass door is made up of two major pieces the frame and the glass itself.

Cabinet door world is the low price leader in unfinished cabinet doors. For more tips including how to build a raised panel cabinet door read on.