Making Interior Doors With Glass

Rails and stiles are generally made out of the same materials but panels can vary and even include glass or screens.

Making interior doors with glass.

In this article we ll be building the frame for an interior door from wood. Full size home doors are a project we can all find a place for but they can be intimidating. At glass doctor we create custom solutions to design the perfect glass and mirror addition to your home. 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 build a door. Dry fit your door mark for any trimming to be done. In part two we ll build the interior panel and and finish it. Make a jig for a half lap joint.

Learn the basics of cope and stick joinery while you see how these unique bits work. Nail one side of the stops in leaving a 3 16 reveal lay the glass or plastic in and install the other stops. Rip plane and sand enough 1 2 square wood to make the stops front and back for 1 8 safety glass or plastic. Custom glass door solutions.

You can make beautiful flush corners with a dado head cutter on your table saw. Most cope and stick bit styles cut a groove to house a raised or flat panel inside the door frame but freud s unique recoverable bead door bits are designed for making glass panel doors. There s a lot of lumber and a lot of weight plus they re bigger. The bits also create special retainer strips to hold the glass in place.

Measure your jam and mortise the hinges. The rails connect the two stiles together at a few points and the panels fill in the gaps.