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How to cut Edwardian door to fit glass panel?
wrote:
Hi, We've got some original 4 panel doors in our Edwardian house.
Any advice?
If you've got nice doors, have a competent trim carpenter do the job.
If you're even considering taking a circular saw to them, then
certainly have a carpenter do it.
Personally I doubt I'd use a powered saw anyway. I'd probably use a
fine hand saw to saw just one half of the beading away from the door,
leaving me with a single-sided rebate in the door instead of a
double-sided groove, and a piece of matching beading ready-made to hold
the glass in place with (I do this quite often installing stained
glass). The saw I use is a specially sharpened and re-set English
veneer saw, made into a miniature Japanese Azebiki saw (short blade,
deep curved belly).
The powered saw to use for this would be a GOOD jigsaw (Blue Bosch,
around £100). If you want to use a cheap jigsaw, then at least take
the door off and work with it well supported on trestles. Good jigsaws
have far less vibration than cheap jigsaws and are essential if you
want to work on a door that's still vertical and wobbling.
Power tools are far too much trouble for me, so I rarely use them. I'd
rather use something that's controllable enough that I can make the
minimum cut and not have to do so much making good afterwards. This
Changing Rooms slash-and-burn approach is far too much work.
Toughened or laminated glass is cheap, so long as you have a good
glazier and don't rush them. These are hard to find these days though
(Roman Glass in Bristol / Bath are good)
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