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.
How to build a door with glass panels.
You can add to the height if you want but don t have to.
Measure your door opening.
If you also need to build or install a frame you will need to take the width of the frame into consideration and because shimming a door frame can add some thickness it is best to wait until after the door frame is installed before building the door or build them.
Frosted glass spray paint for glass panels.
Doors should generally be around 1 8 to 3 16 smaller than the frame.
If your door opening is trimmed include the trim in your measurement.
The first step in making a door is taking measurements.
Most production made cabinet doors are assembled with cope and stick joinery.
Form and function all wrapped up together.
The first step in building any door is to determine the size and design.
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.
Make a jig for a half lap joint.
Now add 2 to the width of your door.
The design take a traditional 5 panel door and replaces the top three panels with a single glass panel.
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.
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.
You can make beautiful flush corners with a dado head cutter on your table saw.
The opening dictated the size and thickness and my desire for a window influenced my design.