How To Make A Glass Display Door

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.

How to make a glass display door.

If the glass area of your cabinet or cabinet door has an arched top make a cardboard template and take it to the glass store. 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. I use my circular saw miter jig to miter cut the rails and the stiles of the door and i miter joint them. They can cut the glass to fit the opening.

Make a jig for a half lap joint. The other option is european style hinges made for glass doors. See how simple it is to install a friction fit pivot hinge onto a glass door panel. You can make beautiful flush corners with a dado head cutter on your table saw.

To install the doors i simply pushed the top edge into the top groove and then dropped it into the groove below making sure that each door sat into its own channel. Form and function all wrapped up together. How to make the door for the small display cabinet.